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Anna Dóra Sæþórsdóttir - Professor
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School of Engineering and Natural Sciences
Anna Dóra Sæþórsdóttir
Íslenska
Professor
tourism studies
Location
Tæknigarður / Tg-212
Phone
5254287
8628446
Email
annadora [at] hi.is
Unit
Faculty of Life and Environmental Sciences
ORCID site
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0769-6632
Research portal – Anna Dóra Sæþórsdóttir
Courses 2024 - 2025
FER209L - BS-project in tourism (individual)
FER101G - Introduction to tourism studies
FER112F - Introduction to tourism studies
Collaboration
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Education
2011
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PhD
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1994
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Styrkþegi
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1993
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Dip.Ed.
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1992
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M.S.
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1991
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vegum
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1990
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B.Sc.
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1990
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Leiðsögumannsréttindi,
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Professional Experience
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Published works
2024
Hydro, Wind, and Geothermal
Tourism and Hospitality
Evolution of Concepts
Wilderness as Tourism Destination
Sustainability (Switzerland)
The interrelationships between renewable energy infrastructure and tourism
Environmental Development
Preferences and Willingness to Pay for Preservation
Land
2023
Wilderness
Scandinavian Journal of Hospitality and Tourism
2022
Tourism Industry Attitudes towards National Parks and Wilderness
Land
The practicality of purism scales when planning tourism in wilderness
Scandinavian Journal of Hospitality and Tourism
How close is too close? Mapping the impact area of renewable energy infrastructure on tourism
Energy Research and Social Science
Sambúð þjóðgarðar og ferðaþjónustu
Náttúrufræðingurinn
A Break from Overtourism: Domestic Tourists Reclaiming Nature during the COVID-19 Pandemic
Tourism and Hospitality
Viðhorf ferðaþjónustunnar til þjóðgarðs á miðhálendi Íslands
Náttúrufræðingurinn
2021
Wealth of wind and visitors
Land
Langtímarannsókn á ánægju ferðamanna í Landmannalaugum
Tímarit um viðskipti og efnahagsmál
Running Wild
Mountain Research and Development
2020
Hálendið í hugum Íslendinga 2. hluti: Hugmyndir og viðhorf Íslendinga til víðerna
Náttúrufræðingurinn
Not in my back yard or not on my playground: Residents and tourists' attitudes towards wind turbines in Icelandic landscapes
Energy for Sustainable Development
Overtourism in Iceland: Fantasy or Reality?
Sustainability
Hálendið í hugum Íslendinga 1. hluti: Merking hugtakanna víðerni, óbyggðir og miðhálendi
Náttúrufræðingurinn
Public Perception of Wilderness in Iceland
Land
From boiling to frozen? The rise and fall of international tourism to iceland in the era of overtourism
Environments - MDPI
Visitor satisfaction in wilderness in times of overtourism
Journal of Sustainable Tourism
2019
Planning sustainable leisure landscapes in arctic rural communities
Winter visitors' perceptions in popular nature destinations in Iceland
Senses by Seasons: Tourists’ Perceptions Depending on Seasonality in Popular Nature Destinations in Iceland
Sustainability (Switzerland)
The sublime attraction of active volcanoes: An exploration of tourists’ experiences during a long-distance hiking route in Iceland
Tourist Studies
Renewable Energy in Wilderness Landscapes: Visitors’ Perspectives
Sustainability (Switzerland)
Contested Development Paths and Rural communities: Sustainable Energy or Sustainable Tourism in Iceland?
Sustainability (Switzerland)
Wind farms in the Icelandic highlands
Land Use Policy
2018
Floating Away: The Impact of Hydroelectric Power Stations on Tourists’ Experience in Iceland
Sustainability
Motives and behaviour of second home owners in Iceland reflected by place attachment
Current Issues in Tourism
Turbulent times
International Journal of Sustainable Energy
Virkjun áfangastaða - Samgöngubætur og virkjunarframkvæmdir
Náttúrufræðingurinn
Sustainable Leisure Landscapes in Icelandic Rural Communities: A Multidisciplinary Approach
International Journal of Management and Sustainability
2017
Viðhorf ferðamanna til raflína í náttúru Íslands
Náttúrufræðingurinn
Planning the Wild: In Times of Tourist Invasion
Journal of Tourism Research & Hospitality
Comparisons between hikers and non-hikers in Iceland
Tourism changing the edge of the wild
Journal of Outdoor Recreation and Tourism
Ferðaþjónusta og virkjanir til bjargar byggðum?
Research in applied business and economics
When tourists meet transmission lines
Energy Research and Social Science
2016
Purism scale approach for wilderness mapping in Iceland
Challenges due to changing ideas of natural resources
Polar Record
Destination: Iceland. Sustainable Leisure Landscapes in Skaftárhreppur. A holistic approach
Áhrif virkjana á ferðamennsku og útivist: niðurstöður 3. áfanga rammaáætlunar
Changing ideas about natural resources
Scandinavian Journal of Hospitality and Tourism
2015
Denying bogus skepticism in climate change and tourism research
Tourism Management
Viðhorf ferðamanna til vindmylla
Vindmyllur, íbúar og ferðaþjónusta
No time for smokescreen skepticism
Tourism Management
2014
Preserving wilderness at an emerging tourist destination
International Journal of Management and Sustainability
Þolmörk ferðamanna: eru ferðamenn ónæmir fyrir vaxandi ferðamennsku?
2013
Virkjun frumkraftanna: ferðamennska eða virkjun í Skaftárhreppi?
Managing popularity
Tourism Management Perspectives
2012
Tourism and Power Plant Development
Tourism Planning and Development
Building the capability to manage tourism as support for the aichi target
Parks
2011
Making wilderness
Polar Geography
2010
Nature tourism assessment in the icelandic master plan for geothermal and hydropower development. Part I
Journal of Heritage Tourism
Nature tourism assessment in the icelandic master plan for geothermal and hydropower development. Part II
Journal of Heritage Tourism
Áhrif virkjana á ferðamennsku og útivist
Náttúrufræðingurinn
Tourism struggling as the Icelandic wilderness is developed
Scandinavian Journal of Hospitality and Tourism
Planning nature tourism in Iceland based on tourist attitudes
Tourism Geographies
Haldið af stað: með áætlun um ferðamennsku á miðhálendi Íslands
2009
Ferðamennska á Kili
Tourism Management in Wilderness areas – Svalbard
Hálendi Íslands, auðlind útivistar og ferðamennsku
Náttúrufræðingurinn
2008
Landslag á hreyfingu: Langhlaup um Laugaveginn
Landabréfið
Planning Nature tourism using the Purist Scale
Fjallamaraþon og ferðamennska á Laugaveginum
2007
Nýting náttúruperlu - Raddir hagsmunaaðila á Lakagígasvæðinu
2006
Skipulag náttúruferðamennsku með hliðsjón af viðhorfum ferðamanna
Landabréfið
Sambúðarvandi á Suðurhálendinu
2005
Greining á ferðamönnum með hjálp viðhorfskvarðans
Þolmörk ferðamennsku
Ferðamenn og umhverfi
2004
Comfort in the Context of the Wilderness experience
Sustainable Tourism Management: Application and Appraisal of the Tourism Carrying Capacity and the Recreation Opportunity Spectrum Dynamics
Adapting to Change: Maintaining a Wilderness Experience in a Popular Tourist Destination
Tourism Today
Þolmörk ferðamennsku: Þversagnir í upplifunum og óskum ferðamanna á víðernum
2002
Áhrif ferðamanna á umhverfi Lónsöræfa
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