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Master’s thesis

Economic, environmental and social sustainability in coastal rural tourism development: A case study on The Nauteyri Project in the Westfjords of Iceland

Alexander Elliott

Advisor: Anna Karlsdóttir

University of Akureyri
Faculty of Business and Science
University Centre of the Westfjords
Master of Resource Management: Coastal and Marine Management
Ísafjörður, May 2012
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Supervisory Committee
Advisor:
Anna Karlsdóttir, Assistant Professor of Human Geography and Tourism Studies at the University of Iceland
Reader:
Bradley W. Barr, Senior Policy Advisor in the Office of the Director of the US
National Marine Sanctuary Program and a PhD candidate at the University of
Alaska

Programme Director:
Dagný Arnarsdóttir, MSc.

Alexander Elliott
Economic, environmental and social sustainability in coastal rural tourism development: a case study on The Nauteyri Project in the Westfjords of Iceland
30 ECTS thesis submitted in partial fulfilment of a Master of Resource
Management degree in Coastal and Marine Management at the University Centre of the Westfjords, Suðurgata 12, 400 Ísafjörður, Iceland
Degree accredited by the University of Akureyri, Faculty of Business and Science,
Borgir, 600 Akureyri, Iceland
Copyright © 2012 Alexander Elliott
All rights reserved
Printing: Háskólaprent, Reykjavík, May 2012
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Declaration

I hereby confirm that I am the sole author of this thesis and it is a product of my own academic research.

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Abstract
This thesis concerns the development of a non-profit organisation called The Nauteyri
Project, intended to bring sustainable tourism, a nature reserve, environmental and social research options and environmental awareness education to the area of Nauteyri in the
Westfjords of Iceland. The Nauteyri Project succeeded in attracting enthusiastic support, but struggled in securing