Tourism in times of crisis: exploring the discourse of tourism development in Iceland

Jóhannesson, Gunnar Þór; Huijbens, Edward H.

doi:10.1080/13683500.2010.491897

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“…Consequently, entrepreneurship has also been in focus for policies directed towards developing the tourism industry with the aim of increasing innovation and value creation. Furthermore, tourism has increasingly been described as a strategy for economic development in weak regions (Jóhannesson & Huijbens, 2010), and several countries support new business start-ups within tourism, particularly in less developed areas.…”

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Tourism Entrepreneurship – Review and Future Directions

Solvoll

Alsos

Bulanova

2015

Scandinavian Journal of Hospitality and Tourism

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Tourism Entrepreneurship – Review and Future Directions

Solvoll

Alsos

Bulanova

2015

Scandinavian Journal of Hospitality and Tourism

159

118

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“…Á svaeðum á Íslandi þar sem störfum í sjávarútvegi og landbúnaði hefur faekkað hefur verið litið á ferðaþjónustuna sem taeki til að efla atvinnulíf og skapa tekjur (Byggðastofnun, 1999(Byggðastofnun, , 2015Gunnar Þór Jóhannesson og Edward H. Huijbens, 2010;Karl Benediktsson og Unnur Dís Skaptadóttir, 2002;Þingskjal nr. 934/1989-1990.…”

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Ferðaþjónusta og virkjanir til bjargar byggðum?

Sæþórsdóttir¹,

Stefánsson²

2017

TVE

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Opportunities in the tourism industry along with the harnessing of energy resources are commonly referred to as means of dealing with changes in employment structure, to counteract depopulation in rural areas, and as a way to create capital. Both fields utilize nature as a resource, but can they coexist or are conflicts foreseeable? In order to find out whether the tourist industry consider that proposed power plant developments will diminish the possibilities of the tourism sector to strengthen local settlements semi-structured interviews were conducted with 65 tourist service providers in six different parts of Iceland. In the opinion of the interviewees the tourism sector is the industry that offers the best long-term possibilities to strengthen the economy in rural areas and most of them had seen clear indications of this in recent years. Many interviewees felt that energy production and tourism do not concur because the negative effects energy production can have on nature, the core resource for the tourist industry. Uncertainty over where power developments will be located was thought to have delayed investment and marketing efforts in certain areas. A few of the interviewees mentioned examples of successful cohabitation of energy production and tourism and it was pointed out that favourable collaboration between the two industries could diminish their conflict of interest. Moreover, it was stated that the income from both industries could reach the areas where it was generated more effectively.

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“…Johanesson and Huijbens () found that the collapse of Iceland's banking sector and currency during the 2007–2009 global economic crisis made travel in Iceland a bargain for residents and nonresidents and convinced Icelanders of the need for economic diversification. As a result, public and official attitudes became more favorable toward tourism as an economic engine, public/private sector collaboration increased, and infrastructure improvements and tourism‐related development were funded.…”

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“…The upheaval wrought by the downturn was complicated by the concurrent US deregulation of the airlines, which impelled intense competition, price wars, the development of new routes and the cancelation of old ones, the startup of new commuter airlines and the ruination or near-ruination of both large and small existing carriers. Johanesson and Huijbens (2010) found that the collapse of Iceland's banking sector and currency during the 2007-2009 global economic crisis made travel in Iceland a bargain for residents and nonresidents and convinced Icelanders of the need for economic diversification. As a result, public and official attitudes became more favorable toward tourism as an economic engine, public/private sector collaboration increased, and infrastructure improvements and tourism-related development were funded.…”

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Trouble in Paradise: the 2007–2009 Global Economic Recession and Hawai'i's Visitor Industry

Spencer

2012

Journal of Tourism Research

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This is a case study of the impact of the global economic recession of 2007–2009 on Hawai'i's visitor industry. The industry responded to the downturn largely with advertising blitzes to its primary market on the US mainland. Notwithstanding these efforts, diminished lift capacity and visitor arrivals, combined with widespread discounting, resulted in a 26% decrease in real visitor spending in 2009 versus that in 2006. The industry recovered during 2010 and 2011, but major hotel foreclosures, State bond downgrades and lost accommodations jobs are enduring scars. The experience demonstrated anew Hawai'i's need to strengthen its visitor industry and diversify its economy. Copyright © 2012 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

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Tourism in times of crisis: exploring the discourse of tourism development in Iceland

Cited by 99 publications

References 14 publications

Tourism Entrepreneurship – Review and Future Directions

Tourism Entrepreneurship – Review and Future Directions

Ferðaþjónusta og virkjanir til bjargar byggðum?

Trouble in Paradise: the 2007–2009 Global Economic Recession and Hawai'i's Visitor Industry

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