Developing wellness in Iceland. Theming wellness destinations the Nordic way
This paper deals with the development of Iceland as a wellness destination with specific focus on a development project in the north-east (NE) of the country. Iceland is known as a destination for nature-based tourism with the vast majority of people visiting the country for the wilderness or natura...
Published in: | Scandinavian Journal of Hospitality and Tourism |
---|---|
Main Author: | |
Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
Language: | English |
Published: |
2011
|
Subjects: | |
Online Access: | https://research.wur.nl/en/publications/developing-wellness-in-iceland-theming-wellness-destinations-the- https://doi.org/10.1080/15022250.2011.525026 |
id |
ftunivwagenin:oai:library.wur.nl:wurpubs/564206 |
---|---|
record_format |
openpolar |
spelling |
ftunivwagenin:oai:library.wur.nl:wurpubs/564206 2024-01-14T10:07:48+01:00 Developing wellness in Iceland. Theming wellness destinations the Nordic way Huijbens, Edward H. 2011 text/html https://research.wur.nl/en/publications/developing-wellness-in-iceland-theming-wellness-destinations-the- https://doi.org/10.1080/15022250.2011.525026 en eng https://edepot.wur.nl/521673 https://research.wur.nl/en/publications/developing-wellness-in-iceland-theming-wellness-destinations-the- doi:10.1080/15022250.2011.525026 info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess Wageningen University & Research Scandinavian Journal of Hospitality and Tourism 11 (2011) 1 ISSN: 1502-2250 Iceland Mývatn Nature Nordic Tourism and health Wellness info:eu-repo/semantics/article Article/Letter to editor info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion 2011 ftunivwagenin https://doi.org/10.1080/15022250.2011.525026 2023-12-20T23:18:50Z This paper deals with the development of Iceland as a wellness destination with specific focus on a development project in the north-east (NE) of the country. Iceland is known as a destination for nature-based tourism with the vast majority of people visiting the country for the wilderness or natural elements. Complementing the nature-based tourism on offer, especially in the uninhabited highland interior, has been the occasional dip into a natural geo-thermal pool, often to be found in unique settings and of a great variety when it comes to water qualities. Since the 1970s, Icelanders have been very actively using these geo-thermal waters for the build up of heating utilities in the country, in swimming pools and for producing electricity. The most famed tourism consequence of these developments is undoubtedly the Blue Lagoon. In the NE of Iceland a similar service facility has been built but under wholly different terms. This paper demonstrates a lack of a vision in the development of Iceland as a wellness destination on the entrepreneurial level. Moreover, in terms of the case outlined, these entrepreneurs find little commonalities with a specific Nordic wellbeing concept and have a much more internationally-oriented comparative outlook. Article in Journal/Newspaper Iceland Mývatn Wageningen UR (University & Research Centre): Digital Library Blue Lagoon ENVELOPE(-22.449,-22.449,63.880,63.880) Mývatn ENVELOPE(-16.985,-16.985,65.600,65.600) Scandinavian Journal of Hospitality and Tourism 11 1 20 41 |
institution |
Open Polar |
collection |
Wageningen UR (University & Research Centre): Digital Library |
op_collection_id |
ftunivwagenin |
language |
English |
topic |
Iceland Mývatn Nature Nordic Tourism and health Wellness |
spellingShingle |
Iceland Mývatn Nature Nordic Tourism and health Wellness Huijbens, Edward H. Developing wellness in Iceland. Theming wellness destinations the Nordic way |
topic_facet |
Iceland Mývatn Nature Nordic Tourism and health Wellness |
description |
This paper deals with the development of Iceland as a wellness destination with specific focus on a development project in the north-east (NE) of the country. Iceland is known as a destination for nature-based tourism with the vast majority of people visiting the country for the wilderness or natural elements. Complementing the nature-based tourism on offer, especially in the uninhabited highland interior, has been the occasional dip into a natural geo-thermal pool, often to be found in unique settings and of a great variety when it comes to water qualities. Since the 1970s, Icelanders have been very actively using these geo-thermal waters for the build up of heating utilities in the country, in swimming pools and for producing electricity. The most famed tourism consequence of these developments is undoubtedly the Blue Lagoon. In the NE of Iceland a similar service facility has been built but under wholly different terms. This paper demonstrates a lack of a vision in the development of Iceland as a wellness destination on the entrepreneurial level. Moreover, in terms of the case outlined, these entrepreneurs find little commonalities with a specific Nordic wellbeing concept and have a much more internationally-oriented comparative outlook. |
format |
Article in Journal/Newspaper |
author |
Huijbens, Edward H. |
author_facet |
Huijbens, Edward H. |
author_sort |
Huijbens, Edward H. |
title |
Developing wellness in Iceland. Theming wellness destinations the Nordic way |
title_short |
Developing wellness in Iceland. Theming wellness destinations the Nordic way |
title_full |
Developing wellness in Iceland. Theming wellness destinations the Nordic way |
title_fullStr |
Developing wellness in Iceland. Theming wellness destinations the Nordic way |
title_full_unstemmed |
Developing wellness in Iceland. Theming wellness destinations the Nordic way |
title_sort |
developing wellness in iceland. theming wellness destinations the nordic way |
publishDate |
2011 |
url |
https://research.wur.nl/en/publications/developing-wellness-in-iceland-theming-wellness-destinations-the- https://doi.org/10.1080/15022250.2011.525026 |
long_lat |
ENVELOPE(-22.449,-22.449,63.880,63.880) ENVELOPE(-16.985,-16.985,65.600,65.600) |
geographic |
Blue Lagoon Mývatn |
geographic_facet |
Blue Lagoon Mývatn |
genre |
Iceland Mývatn |
genre_facet |
Iceland Mývatn |
op_source |
Scandinavian Journal of Hospitality and Tourism 11 (2011) 1 ISSN: 1502-2250 |
op_relation |
https://edepot.wur.nl/521673 https://research.wur.nl/en/publications/developing-wellness-in-iceland-theming-wellness-destinations-the- doi:10.1080/15022250.2011.525026 |
op_rights |
info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess Wageningen University & Research |
op_doi |
https://doi.org/10.1080/15022250.2011.525026 |
container_title |
Scandinavian Journal of Hospitality and Tourism |
container_volume |
11 |
container_issue |
1 |
container_start_page |
20 |
op_container_end_page |
41 |
_version_ |
1788062198309847040 |