News Archive

  • En man i glasögon, blå tröja och grön jacka står utomhus i ett snigt landskap med gula byggnader i bakgrunden. En bild på ett bokomslag är inklippt i bilden.

    New book on the impact of polar tourism on local communities

    The complex interaction between polar tourism and local communities. This is the theme of a new book written by Dimitri Ioannides, professor of human geography and researcher at ETOUR, together with Alix Varnajot and Marisol Vereda.

    Tuesday 8 April 2025

  • Solglasögon, pengar, nycklar och ett kontokort ligger på ett underlag av sten.

    Can a tourist tax be the right way to ensure sustainable tourism?

    Over the next three years, researchers from eight European tourism research institutes will collaborate in a new development project to study the controversial issue of tourist tax and similar charges. In Sweden, the work is led by the tourism research centre ETOUR at Mid Sweden University.

    Thursday 6 February 2025

  • Ett tiotal personer sitter i en föreläsningssal och tittar in i kameran med sina datorer framför sig och två bildskärmar i bakgrunden.

    PhD course focusing on tourism resources

    Planning, development and management of tourism resources was on the agenda during a PhD course at ETOUR – a course with participants from Mid Sweden University as well as from other universities around Europe.

    Monday 7 October 2024

  • Matthias Fuchs with a new book in his hand - Handbook of e-Tourism

    Handbook i e-Turism

    The idea was raised already in 2017. Three years of active work, 148 researchers involved and 2,000 pages later, he is now holding the two-kilogram book "Handbook of e-Tourism" which gives a broadened and in-depth picture of information and communication technology's impact and influence on tourism.

    Monday 28 November 2022