Tourism and power plants as aids in regional development
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 coe...
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fticelandunivojs:oai:ojs.hi.is:article/2616 2023-05-15T16:52:54+02:00 Tourism and power plants as aids in regional development Ferðaþjónusta og virkjanir til bjargar byggðum? Sæþórsdóttir, Anna Dóra Stefánsson, Þorkell 2017-06-30 application/pdf http://www.efnahagsmal.is/article/view/a.2017.14.1.5 https://doi.org/10.24122/tve.a.2017.14.1.5 isl ice Institute of Business Research http://www.efnahagsmal.is/article/view/a.2017.14.1.5/pdf http://www.efnahagsmal.is/article/downloadSuppFile/a.2017.14.1.5/120 http://www.efnahagsmal.is/article/view/a.2017.14.1.5 doi:10.24122/tve.a.2017.14.1.5 ##submission.copyrightStatement## Research in applied business and economics; Árg. 14, Nr 1 (2017); 99-132 Tímarit um viðskipti og efnahagsmál; Árg. 14, Nr 1 (2017); 99-132 1670-4851 1670-4444 Tourist industry tourism master plan nature conservation energy production regional development power plants Z32 L83 R58 Q26 O18 O13 Ferðaþjónusta ferðamennska rammaáætlun náttúruvernd og orkunýting byggðaþróun virkjanir info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion 2017 fticelandunivojs https://doi.org/10.24122/tve.a.2017.14.1.5 2022-09-21T13:40:41Z 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. Tækifæri á sviði ferðaþjónustu og nýtingar orkuauðlinda eru oft nefnd sem leiðir til þess að takast á við breytta atvinnuhætti, sporna við fólksfækkun í dreifbýli og skapa verðmæti. Báðar greinarnar nýta náttúruna sem auðlind en geta þær farið saman eða eru fyrirsjáanlegir hagsmunaárekstrar milli þeirra? Til þess að komast að því hvort ferðaþjónustuaðilar telji fyrirhugaðar virkjunarhugmyndir rýra möguleika ferðaþjónustunnar til að efla byggð í landinu voru tekin hálfstöðluð viðtöl við 65 ferðaþjónustuaðila á sex ... Article in Journal/Newspaper Iceland University of Iceland: Peer Reviewed Journals Tímarit um viðskipti og efnahagsmál 14 1 99 |
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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. Tækifæri á sviði ferðaþjónustu og nýtingar orkuauðlinda eru oft nefnd sem leiðir til þess að takast á við breytta atvinnuhætti, sporna við fólksfækkun í dreifbýli og skapa verðmæti. Báðar greinarnar nýta náttúruna sem auðlind en geta þær farið saman eða eru fyrirsjáanlegir hagsmunaárekstrar milli þeirra? Til þess að komast að því hvort ferðaþjónustuaðilar telji fyrirhugaðar virkjunarhugmyndir rýra möguleika ferðaþjónustunnar til að efla byggð í landinu voru tekin hálfstöðluð viðtöl við 65 ferðaþjónustuaðila á sex ... |
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Tourism and power plants as aids in regional development |
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Tourism and power plants as aids in regional development |
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