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...

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Published in:Via Tourism Review
Main Author: Mermet, Anne-Cécile
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Association Via@ 2017
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.4000/viatourism.534
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spelling fttriple:oai:gotriple.eu:RAHzd-eSyTWUi0cFVUQ_D 2023-05-15T16:48:06+02:00 From wasteland to a Hilton hotel: the trajectory of a block in Reykjavík after the economic crisis (2008-2015) Mermet, Anne-Cécile 2017-08-29 https://doi.org/10.4000/viatourism.534 http://journals.openedition.org/viatourism/534 en eng Association Via@ Via urn:doi:10.4000/viatourism.534 doi:10.4000/viatourism.534 http://journals.openedition.org/viatourism/534 other Via eco archi Journal Article https://vocabularies.coar-repositories.org/resource_types/c_6501/ 2017 fttriple https://doi.org/10.4000/viatourism.534 2023-01-22T17:54:30Z 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. Article in Journal/Newspaper Iceland Reykjavík Reykjavík Unknown Hilton ENVELOPE(-61.333,-61.333,-72.000,-72.000) Reykjavík Via Tourism Review 8
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description 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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