Event at “Folkemødet”, the national democracy festival in Denmark, as part of the programme in the “Tourism Ministry”.
Nordregio Research Fellow Louise Ormstrup Vestergård will give a presentation on the planning challenges faced by local communities with large groups of second home owners and many tourists – caught in a dilemma between wanting the business and activity generated by “non-locals”, but having difficulties setting up and funding the infrastructure required. See map of the concentration of second homes in the Nordic countries below:
