Egilsstaðir : the sleeping giant and its contents

Travellers’ numbers to Iceland are increasing each year which means that tourism policies need to be made stronger. Egilsstaðir is an important place for east Iceland as it is the service community for the region. Not only is it located on the biggest intersection in the east but it also does get all traffic from the Smyril-Line ferry, sailing in to Seyðisfjörður, weekly. The goal of this research is to find out if Egilsstaðir meets up to the expectations of the tourism sector. Interviews were taken with seven people and were designed to reach a conclusion in this matter with the interviewees all being a part of the tourism sector in Egilsstaðir in one way or the other. The interviews were designed from Gunn’s ideology on how to build up a good destination and with Butler’s lifetime cycle of destination. The importance of Egilsstaðir as a good service destination is huge and a good and well thought out structure and policy is needed for this place to succeed.

Author dc:creator

• Anna Margrét Jakobsdóttir Hjarðar 1990-

Contributors dc:contributor

• Háskólinn á Hólum

• Ferðamálafræði
• Ferðaþjónusta
• Egilsstaðir

Language dc:language.iso

en

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http://hdl.handle.net/1946/21641

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:skemman.is:1946/21641