Overtourism in Iceland:fantasy or reality?
Abstract Iceland has been one of the main destinations that have been incorporated into the discourse of overtourism. However, Iceland is different to many other supposed overtourism destinations in that its tourism is based on natural areas. Nevertheless, destination discourses can play an importan...
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ftunivoulu:oai:oulu.fi:nbnfi-fe202102266120 2023-07-30T04:04:16+02:00 Overtourism in Iceland:fantasy or reality? Sæþórsdóttir, A. D. (Anna Dóra) Hall, C. M. (C. Michael) Wendt, M. (Margrét) 2020 application/pdf http://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi-fe202102266120 eng eng Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess © 2020 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Iceland carrying capacity commons crowding destination change discourse media overtourism info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion 2020 ftunivoulu 2023-07-08T19:57:37Z Abstract Iceland has been one of the main destinations that have been incorporated into the discourse of overtourism. However, Iceland is different to many other supposed overtourism destinations in that its tourism is based on natural areas. Nevertheless, destination discourses can play an important part in influencing tourist decision-making and government and industry policy making. A media analysis was conducted of 507 online media articles on overtourism in Iceland that were published in 2018, with the main themes being identified via content analysis. The results indicated that the media discourse represented only a partial picture of overtourism and the crowding phenomenon in Iceland, with mechanisms to respond to crowding, the satisfaction level of tourists with their Icelandic nature experience, and local people’s support for tourism being underreported. Some of the findings reflect that of other media analyses. However, there are considerable discontinuities between media representations and discourses of overtourism in Iceland, which highlight the importance of national- or destination-level media analysis. The media analysis illustrates the need for a better understanding of different destination discourses and their influence. Article in Journal/Newspaper Iceland Jultika - University of Oulu repository |
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Abstract Iceland has been one of the main destinations that have been incorporated into the discourse of overtourism. However, Iceland is different to many other supposed overtourism destinations in that its tourism is based on natural areas. Nevertheless, destination discourses can play an important part in influencing tourist decision-making and government and industry policy making. A media analysis was conducted of 507 online media articles on overtourism in Iceland that were published in 2018, with the main themes being identified via content analysis. The results indicated that the media discourse represented only a partial picture of overtourism and the crowding phenomenon in Iceland, with mechanisms to respond to crowding, the satisfaction level of tourists with their Icelandic nature experience, and local people’s support for tourism being underreported. Some of the findings reflect that of other media analyses. However, there are considerable discontinuities between media representations and discourses of overtourism in Iceland, which highlight the importance of national- or destination-level media analysis. The media analysis illustrates the need for a better understanding of different destination discourses and their influence. |
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Sæþórsdóttir, A. D. (Anna Dóra) Hall, C. M. (C. Michael) Wendt, M. (Margrét) |
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Sæþórsdóttir, A. D. (Anna Dóra) Hall, C. M. (C. Michael) Wendt, M. (Margrét) |
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Overtourism in Iceland:fantasy or reality? |
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Overtourism in Iceland:fantasy or reality? |
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Overtourism in Iceland:fantasy or reality? |
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Overtourism in Iceland:fantasy or reality? |
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Overtourism in Iceland:fantasy or reality? |
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Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute |
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