Food & sustainable tourism

The aim of the project is to use interdisciplinary cooperation to increase environmental, social and economical sustainability of the Icelandic tourist industry.  To ensure success we will apply a focused approach to combine small scale local food production and tourist industry.  By focusing on innovation and production we will increase both supply and demand for local food inside the regional tourist industry.  With an interesting approach we therefore aim both to strengthen local food industry and the sustainability of the regional tourist industry.  By applying this approach we will create new jobs, increase the local economic growth and the increase the sustainability in the region.  To achieve this it is necessary to build on the work already done regional that has focused on creation of cluster both for tourism and food industry and further add the knowledge of universities and research institutes to strengthen the approach.

Project manager

• Guðmundur Heiðar Gunnarsson
  Project Manager
  Tel.: 422 5046

Research field

• Innovation and Consumers