{"id":14944,"date":"2022-02-21T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-02-21T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/afangastadurinn-hofudborgarsvaedid\/"},"modified":"2022-09-26T15:18:52","modified_gmt":"2022-09-26T15:18:52","slug":"the-capital-regions-detention-centre","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/afangastadurinn-hofudborgarsvaedid\/","title":{"rendered":"Destination: The Capital Region"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Lilja D\u00f6gg Alfre\u00f0sd\u00f3ttir, Minister of Tourism, and P\u00e1ll Bj\u00f6rgvin Gu\u00f0mundsson<br \/>\nThe Director of the Association of Municipalities in the Capital Region (SSH) has signed<br \/>\nan agreement on the establishment of a cooperation platform for local authorities and the business community on<br \/>\nThe Capital Region about the destination, the Capital Region.<br \/>\nThe contract is based on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.stjornarradid.is\/verkefni\/atvinnuvegir\/ferdathjonusta\/islensk-ferdathjonusta-til-2030\/framtidarsyn-og-leidarljos-islenskrar-ferdathjonustu-til-2030\/\">Vision and guiding principles for Icelandic tourism until 2030<\/a><br \/>\nwhich was developed in cooperation between the government, local authorities and stakeholders.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/ssh.is\/frettir\/afangastadurinn-hofudborgarsvaedid-frett\">See the announcement on the website of the Association of Local Authorities in the Capital Region.&nbsp;<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.stjornarradid.is\/efst-a-baugi\/frettir\/stok-frett\/2022\/02\/18\/Stutt-vid-samstarfsvettvang-sveitarfelaga-og-atvinnulifs-um-afangastadinn-hofudborgarsvaedid\/\">See the announcement on the website of the Icelandic Government.&nbsp;<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;According to Lilja, the agreement aims to establish a platform for cooperation.<br \/>\nof local authorities and the business community on the destination of the capital region. Thus, a short<br \/>\nin the development of the destination towards a sustainable vision and increased competitiveness.<br \/>\nThe emphasis will be on development and promotional and marketing work, along with synergy and dialogue.<br \/>\nstakeholders in tourism and related parties. Work will be undertaken to<br \/>\nThe collaboration platform will become a destination agency by the end of 2022.<br \/>\nof the capital region.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/afangastadurinn2022-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"The place of the beginning 2022\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" class=\"lazyload\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 2048px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 2048\/1264;\"><\/p>\n<p><sup>P\u00e1ll Bj\u00f6rgvin Gu\u00f0mundsson, Director of SSH, and Lilja D\u00f6gg Alfre\u00f0sd\u00f3ttir, Minister for Tourism.&nbsp;<\/sup><\/p>\n<p>Preparations for the establishment of destination agencies in all regions of the country have been underway for some time.<br \/>\nfor some time. Agreements have been signed for the establishment of destination offices in all<br \/>\nregions, except for the capital region, but this agreement is a step towards establishing destination organisations in all regions. It is part of strengthening the support system.<br \/>\nof the tourism industry and contribute to the positive development of tourism in the area of operation<br \/>\nof the organisation.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The Association of Local Authorities in the Capital Region began the preparation and implementation of<br \/>\nEstablishment of a partnership for a destination and marketing organisation for the capital region with<br \/>\nthe participation of the government, local authorities, the business community and other stakeholders in 2021.<br \/>\nThe project was put forward in the Capital Region's development plan for 2020, where<br \/>\nTo assess the need for a destination management organisation for the capital region with the aim of<br \/>\nto strengthen cooperation and innovation. At the same time, an advisory group was working in partnership<br \/>\nof the municipalities in the capital region and companies in the tourism industry. Then recently<br \/>\nthe appointment of a project manager who will oversee the continuation of the project, but<br \/>\nPreparations for the next steps of the project are now in full swing.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>According to P\u00e1ll Bj\u00f6rgvin, it is important for the municipalities in the capital region to formulate<br \/>\nA forward-looking strategy for the capital region as a destination, in partnership with the business community.<br \/>\nDomestic and international tourists will increasingly visit the capital region.<br \/>\nto enjoy the social life, culture and the great outdoors. It is therefore important that the area offers with<br \/>\npresent the options available in a harmonised manner, whilst ensuring that the distinctive features and<br \/>\nThe priorities of each municipality are highlighted. In this way, the capital region will be strengthened.<br \/>\nits further development and competitiveness increase in relation to other similar areas<br \/>\nabroad.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/hopmyndafangastadurinn-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"The Hop-shaped detention centre-\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" class=\"lazyload\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 2048px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 2048\/839;\"><\/p>\n<p><sup>Advisory group on the Capital Region destination. Top row from the left:<br \/>\nJ\u00f3n Kjartan \u00c1g\u00fastsson, Regional Planner for the Capital Region, Hulda<br \/>\nHauksd\u00f3ttir, Information Manager of Gar\u00f0ab\u00e6r; Andri \u00d3marsson, Project Manager for Culture and Marketing of Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur; \u00de\u00f3rir Gar\u00f0arsson, Chairman of the Tourism Association.<br \/>\nof the capital region, Rannveig Gr\u00e9tarsd\u00f3ttir on behalf of the Tourism Association, \u00de\u00f3rd\u00eds<br \/>\nL\u00f3a \u00de\u00f3rhallsd\u00f3ttir, Chair of the City Council, P\u00e1ll Bj\u00f6rgvin Gu\u00f0mundsson<br \/>\nExecutive Director of SSH, Bj\u00f6rn H. Reynisson, Destination Manager<br \/>\nthe capital region, Hugr\u00fan \u00d3sk \u00d3lafsd\u00f3ttir project manager in service and<br \/>\nCommunications Department of Mosfellsb\u00e6r, \u00c1rmann Kr. \u00d3lafsson, Mayor of K\u00f3pavogur, and Mar\u00eda Bj\u00f6rk \u00d3skarsd\u00f3ttir, Head of the Service and Communications Department of Seltjarnarnes. In the picture<br \/>\nRequested by Andres Magnusson on behalf of the Confederation of Trade and Service.&nbsp;<\/sup><\/p>\n<p>Further information is provided by P\u00e1ll Bj\u00f6rgvin Gu\u00f0mundsson, Executive Director of SSH, telephone<br \/>\n821-8179 and Bj\u00f6rn H. Reynisson, Destination Manager<br \/>\nCapital Region, telephone 863-0001.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lilja D\u00f6gg Alfre\u00f0sd\u00f3ttir r\u00e1\u00f0herra fer\u00f0am\u00e1la og P\u00e1ll Bj\u00f6rgvin Gu\u00f0mundsson framkv\u00e6mdastj\u00f3ri Samtaka sveitarf\u00e9laga \u00e1 h\u00f6fu\u00f0borgarsv\u00e6\u00f0inu (SSH) hafa undirrita\u00f0 samning um stofnun samstarfsvettvangs sveitarf\u00e9laga og atvinnul\u00edfsins \u00e1 h\u00f6fu\u00f0borgarsv\u00e6\u00f0inu um \u00e1fangasta\u00f0inn h\u00f6fu\u00f0borgarsv\u00e6\u00f0i\u00f0. Samningurinn byggir \u00e1 Framt\u00ed\u00f0ars\u00fdn og lei\u00f0arlj\u00f3si \u00edslenskrar fer\u00f0a\u00fej\u00f3nustu til 2030 sem unnin var \u00ed samvinnu r\u00edkis, sveitarf\u00e9laga og haga\u00f0ila.&nbsp; Sj\u00e1 tilkynningu \u00e1 vef Samtaka sveitarf\u00e9laga \u00e1 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":19084,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_breakdance_hide_in_design_set":false,"_breakdance_tags":"","wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14944","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-frettir"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14944","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14944"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14944\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19084"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14944"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14944"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14944"}],"curies":[{"name":"WordPress","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}