From wasteland to a Hilton hotel: the trajectory of a block in Reykjavík after the economic crisis (2008-2015)
Figure 1. The Hljómalind block in July 2015 Mermet, 2015 After the two years of recession that followed the bankruptcy of the three main banks of the country in October 2008, Iceland is currently undergoing a significant economic recovery (Bergmann 2014) largely driven by the tourism industry .This...
| Published in: | Via Tourism Review |
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| Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
| Language: | English |
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2017
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.4000/viatourism.534 http://journals.openedition.org/viatourism/534 |
| Summary: | Figure 1. The Hljómalind block in July 2015 Mermet, 2015 After the two years of recession that followed the bankruptcy of the three main banks of the country in October 2008, Iceland is currently undergoing a significant economic recovery (Bergmann 2014) largely driven by the tourism industry .This recovery is witnessed by the increasing number of building sites in the Icelandic capital, especially in the city center where many of them have a touristic purpose (building of new hotels, renewa. |
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