Implications of Climate Change on Nature-Based Tourism Demand: A Segmentation Analysis of Glacier Site Visitors in Southeast Iceland

• Main Authors: Johannes Welling, Þorvarður Árnason, Rannveig Ólafsdóttir
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Subjects: Vatnajökull; glacier; Iceland
• Online Access: https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/12/13/5338/pdf; https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/12/13/5338/

Since the end of the 20th century, glaciers are shrinking at an accelerated pace worldwide. This fuels the concern that increased glacier recession will lead to changes in the accessibility, safety, and amenity of many popular glacier tourist destinations—which may, in turn, affect the number of tou...