1. ETOUR - PROFILE Today – 22 employees 3 professors appointed in 2008 –Human Geography (Tourism emphasis) –Tourism –Nature-based tourism (SVEASKOG) Mid-Sweden University (Campus Östersund) –Part of University’s Research Profile in: –Tourism, Sports Science, and Adventure Technology First PhD Program in Tourism Studies in Nordic Countries –Established 2009 10/15/2015Bergen Presentation

2. Profile - continued Ongoing Projects (examples) –Outdoor Recreation in Change –Tourism in World Heritage Areas –Climate Change and Nature-Based Tourism –Tourism and Labor Mobility Main Source of External Funding –VINNOVA – Research and Innovation for Sustainable Growth –Swedish Environmental Protection Agency –SVEASKOG – state-owned forest company 10/15/2015Bergen Presentation

3. Bo Svensson - Director Government and Governance in Tourism; Innovation Policy and Tourism Development; Innovation Processes in the Tourism Industry. 10/15/2015Bergen Presentation

4. Peter Fredman – Professor of Nature Based Tourism Outdoor recreation participation and demand; Non-market valuation of economic impacts; Visitor monitoring; Tourism in protected areas; Nature tourism planning and management. 10/15/2015Bergen Presentation

5. Dimitri Ioannides – Professor of Human Geography Tourism and Sustainable Development; Tourism and carrying capacity (especially in island regions); –Growth management techniques Tourism planning; Tourism and regional economic development. 10/15/2015Bergen Presentation

6. Robert Pettersson - Docent Studies focusing on Sami and Indigenous development; –How sustainable indigenous tourism can be undertaken? –How climate change affects rendeer herding and the Sami? –How commercial hunting and fishing can develop in Sapmi? 10/15/2015Bergen Presentation