Press material for Enabling sustainable visits
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Images from the book
”Here’s nothing to see!” Poster during the Medieval Week – Plague Edition, Visby 2020. Photo: Wikimedia.
From: Mingling absence and presence in Visby: the Medieval Week ‘Plague Edition’ 2020, by Consuelo Griggio & Owe Ronström
The medieval city wall in Visby, one of the top ten sites to photograph. Photo: Wikimedia
From: Imagining Destination Gotland, by Jenny Lönnroth & Owe Ronström
”Gotland, a wonderful place on earth –love it” Gotland – Instagrammed: Photo: Anna-Carin Nordvall.
From: The Instagram locked-in effect and sustainable destination development, by Anna-Carin Nordvall
A dog joining a fika. Small tourist businesses involve not only the entrepreneurs, but also family and friends. And sometimes a dog. Photo: Anette Oxenswärdh
From: Small tourist entrepreneurs on their pathway towards sustainable Practice, by Anette Oxenswärdh
Visby's inner harbor, full of visiting sailboats, dependent on showers, toilets, recycling stations, access to drinking water, etc., provided by the regional administration. Photo: Mathias Cöster.
From: Controlling for sustainability – the role of a public organisation in enabling regional sustainable visits, by Mathias Cöster & Matti Skoog
The office building of the former paper mill in Fredriksberg, housing for asylum seekers and berry pickers. Photo: Susanne Stenbacka.
From: Materiality, mobility, and practices of hospitality and care – coping with (un)voluntary visitors in rural Sweden, by Susanna Heldt Cassel & Susanne Stenbacka
Mt. St. Helens, Washington state, USA. When the mountain exploded on 18 May 1980, over one-third of the fatalities were tourists hoping to see the eruption. Photo: Ilan Kelman.
From: Could and should disaster visits enable sustainable visits? by Ilan Kelman
Singapore’s Marina Barrage – a tourist site that may give a false sense of security of ‘protection’ from floods. Photo: Ilan Kelman.
From: Could and should disaster visits enable sustainable visits? by Ilan Kelman
Brochure from 1962, by Gotland Tourist Association, Sweden’s oldest, founded 1897 Photo: Karin Ågren.
From: Destination governance as meta-organising, by Fredrik Sjöstrand, Sabine Gebert Persson & Karin Ågren
The inauguration of the Scandinavian Mountains Airport 2019, in Sälen, Sweden. Photo: Scandinavian Mountains Airport.
From: Do we need a new airport in the mountains? An analysis of soft and strong sustainability arguments, by Jörgen Elbe & Ioanna Farsari
Picture of the authors
Owe Ronström (ed.).
Sabine Gebert Persson (ed.).
Mathias Cöster (ed.).
For further information
Owe Ronström (ed.), +46 70 348 85 58, owe.ronstrom@etnologi.uu.se
Sabine Gebert Persson (ed.), +46 18 471 27 69, sabine.gebert-persson@fek.uu.se
Mathias Cöster (ed.), +46 76 785 22 20, mathias.coster@angstrom.uu.se
Review copies and publishing questions: eddy.se ab, +46 498 25 39 00, order@bokorder.se
The book can be ordered in the bookstore or at www.bokorder.se
The authors are available in Visby October 24, 2023 and Uppsala October 27, 2023.