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.

Recently Health & Place journal published an article on inter-discipinary research investigating the stress-buffering effects of walking in nature. The paper's leading author is Gunnthora Olafsdottir, PhD at the ITRC.

Recording of the ITRC's annual seminar is now available here on the ITRC's web.

Gunnþóra Ólafsdóttir has joined the ITRC team.

The report Tourist images of Iceland: A regional comparasion of tourism promotional material has just been published by ITRC. In the report, the author Dennis Hermans, a Master student at Wageningen University in the Netherlands and an intern at ITRC, reportshis findings on the analysis of the use of images in Icelandic tourism brochures and guidebooks.

A report by Lilja B. Rögnvaldsdóttir on the economic effects of tourism in Þingeyjarsýslur has been published by the ITRC.

Sustainable development is the leading theme in a long-term strategy, shaped for the Icelandic tourism industry, first published last October and now available in an English translation as Road Map for Tourism in Iceland.

On Monday October 5th, at 15:00, the Icelandic Tourism Research Centre, together with Statistics Iceland, gives a presentation of the making of the new Tourism Satellite Account during the period 2009-2013. The presentation will be delivered by Dr. Christi Frent in room 101 in Lögberg, the University of Iceland.

Dr. Cristi Frenţ, researcher at the Icelandic Tourism Research Centre, received the Best Paper Award at the fifth International Conference on Tourism (ICOT), held by the International Association for Tourism Policy (IATOUR) in London, June this year.

The Nordic Symposium in Tourism and Hospitality Research will be held October 1st-3rd. The symposium‘s theme is „Responsible tourism?“. Registration deadline is August 31st.