Polar Research and Policy Initiative hosted a high-level dialogue on sustainable Arctic tourism in the Icelandic Parliament on 22 March 2019, from 13:00 to 15:00. Dr Dwayne Ryan Menezes, PRPI’s Managing Director, co-chaired the discussion with Ari Trausti Guðmundsson, MP and Chair of Iceland’s delegation to the Conference of Arctic Parliamentarians.
The meeting brought workshop delegates together with Icelandic parliamentarians and diplomatic and government representatives. Discussion addressed tourism capacity, environmental protection, visitor conduct, transport and search and rescue. It formed part of the second Workshop on Sustainable Tourism Development in the Nordic Arctic, held in Iceland on 18–22 March 2019.
PRPI participation
Dr Dwayne Ryan Menezes · Host and co-chair