Icelandic Tourism Researchers at the 8th NGM

A group from the University of Iceland and the Icelandic Tourism Research Center went to the 8th Nordic Geographers Meeting held in Trondheim last week.

The talks of the Icelandic group were all about tourism. The Icelandic participants were:

Anna Dóra Sæþórsdóttir professor in tourism studies, University of Iceland - The public right of access - necessary sacrifice due the overtourism? The crash of the nature passport in Iceland

Rannveig Ólafsdóttir professor in tourism studies, University of Iceland - The contradictory role of tourism in the northern peripheries

Magnfríður Júlíusdóttir assistant professor in geography, University of Iceland and Íris H. Halldórsdóttir adjunct in tourism studies at the University of Iceland and researcher at the Icelandic Tourism Research Centre - Foreign workers in booming tourism in Iceland – sign of vulnerability or resilience?

The following photo shows Íris Hrund (left) and Magnfríður (right) during their presentation.