Marine & Coastal Arctic Tourism Managment

This Friday, October 13th, the Icelandic Tourism Research Centre has organized a break-out session discussing marine and coastal tourism management with the participation of both academics and stakeholders.
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Successful symposium on overtourism held in Reykjavik

Icelandic Tourism Research Centre, the Tourism studies of the University of Iceland, Responsible Tourism Partnership and Plymouth University recently organised an international symposium in Reykjavik about overtourism.
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IPTRN focus in new special issue of Resources

In the autumn of 2016, the ITRC organised the 5th conference of the International Polar Tourism Network. Recently published issue of the journal Resources, focuses on papers presented at the conference.
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Registration for RTD-13 is now open

ITRC is hosting 13th International Conference on Responsible Tourism in Destinations in September in Reykjavik, Iceland. Registration is now open.
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Dr. Auður H is new member of the ITRC's staff

Dr. Auður H Ingólfsdóttir has joined the ITRC's team of researchers.
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ITRC’s research significant in international context

ITRC’s research on Icelandic TSA, conducted by Dr. Cristi Frent, was included and referenced in InRouTe’s June publication: Tourism, territory and sustainability: a statistical insight at subnational levels.
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Analysis of seasonal distribution of tourists

Recently Gyða Þórhallsdóttir, PhD student in tourism research at the University of Iceland published a paper on method to analyse seasonality in the distribution of tourists in Iceland.
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Call for papers for RTD-13: Tackling Overtourism – Local Responses

The 13th International Conference on Responsible Tourism in Destinations will be held 29-30 September 2017 in Iceland. Call for papers is now open.
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Visit from Hungary

This week, the ITRC welcomed three researchers from the the University of Szeged in Hungary.
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Responsible tourism in the Arctic

The Icelandic Seal Centre in co-operation with the Icelandic Research Centre (RMF) has formed an interdisciplinary research group on responsible tourism in the Arctic.
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