An eventful project meeting for the UPLIFT project took place in Vilnius last October.

A new report has recently been published that examines the collaboration between Icelandic whale-watching companies and cetacean researchers in the field of citizen science.

The ITRC is pleased to welcome Gyde Rudolph as an intern. She will investigate how smartphones and cameras shape outdoor tourism experiences in Iceland by analysing how they are integrated, represented, and framed in tourism narratives and communication.

The ITRC is hosting Rike Nissen for the next six months during her internship. Rike will be working on a project relating to cultural tourism and surveying tourists visiting museums and exhibitions in Reykjavik.

A three-day webinar on responsible tourism in the Nordic countries takes place 11–13 November, focusing on diversity, research, and tourism development. The event is free and open to all.

Recently, ITRC took part in the Arctic Fair, where institutions working on Arctic issues presented their work to students and guests.

Last week, a group of American students visited the Icelandic Tourism Research Centre and received a lecture on tourism in Iceland given by Guðrún Þóra, director of ITRC.

Vera Vilhjálmsdóttir, researcher at the Icelandic Tourism Research Centre (RMF), presented the latest outputs of the UPLIFT project at an international symposium held in Reykjavík, Iceland

The official launch of the NPA RETURN was held in Reykjavik, Iceland May 20th – 22nd.

ITRC is hosting a new intern, William Danso, from the University of Prince Edward Island (UPEI) this spring.