A Break from Overtourism: Domestic Tourists Reclaiming Nature during the COVID-19 Pandemic

• Published in: Tourism and Hospitality
• Main Authors: Margrét Wendt, Anna Dóra Sæþórsdóttir, Edda R. H. Waage
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2022
• Subjects: overtourism; domestic tourism; COVID-19 pandemic; Iceland; tourist experience; reclaiming nature; Landmannalaugar
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3390/tourhosp3030048

Natural areas are often of particular importance for residents as venues for recreation and domestic tourism. However, prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, overtourism was a major challenge for many nature-based tourism destinations worldwide, and led to a perceived restriction of tourism opportunities f...