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Iceland tourism campaign invites food lovers to enjoy Icelandic cuisine
Inspired by Iceland, the Iceland tourism initiative, has kick-started a new campaign in which it is inviting food lovers to the country to enjoy Icelandic cuisine. The launch of the campaign will be...
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Iceland to hike hotel and airline taxes
Icelandic government officials have announced intentions to significantly raise the country’s taxes on tourism. Reports said last week that the rise for hotel rates could be particularly costly, after...
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New Inspired by Iceland website welcomes users to call Iceland by another name
After the launch of the new Inspired by Iceland website, the online tourism campaign has sparked a new debate via its site, and its Facebook and Twitter pages whereby submissions are being welcomed for...
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Over 40 organisations enter Icelandic travel industry cluster partnership
Earlier this week, the first meeting of a new cluster partnership within the Icelandic travel industry took place at the Nordic House in Iceland’s capital, Reykjavík. Over 40 organisations entered the...
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New airport figures show rise in Iceland tourism
A fresh report from Keflavik International Airport has revealed an increase in tourism to the North Atlantic nation. The report, which was published in association with Promote Iceland, showed a nine...
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Tourism in Iceland increases in 2012
The Icelandic Tourist Board has reported that 618,901 foreign travellers have visited Iceland so far in 2012, which represents 99,000 more tourists than in the same time period last year, or a 19.1...
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Iceland annual tourism up by 16 per cent
Iceland’s tourism sector continues to grow amid the island-nation’s ongoing recovery. According to the latest statistics from the country’s tourism board, the number of foreigners visiting the North...
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Iceland increasingly popular as tourist destination
Iceland has been named as one of this year’s fastest-growing tourist hot spot in Europe for foreign tourists. According to figures from the European Travel Commission, the North Atlantic nation enjoyed...
View ArticleBrits heading to Iceland in increasing numbers
The number of British visitors travelling to Iceland on vacation increased by 65.2 per cent in January, according to new figures from Promote Iceland. In January last year, some 10,031 tourists headed...
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Iceland receives more visitors from UK than any other country
The number of people travelling from the UK to Iceland between January and September has increased by 34 percent compared to the same period 12 months earlier, making Britain Iceland’s largest inbound...
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Google: Iceland among most popular ‘rising’ destinations in 2014
Iceland and been named as one of the most Googled ‘rising’ holiday destinations in the UK in the search engine’s 2014 ‘Year in Search’ list. The North Atlantic island has seen a huge boost in tourism...
View ArticleTourism remains top of Iceland’s economic statistics
After moving in front of Iceland’s lucrative fishing industry to become the country’s largest export industry two years ago, tourism retained its status as the largest source of income last year....
View ArticleIceland welcomes more foreign tourists in 2014
Iceland’s popularity as a holiday destination continues to rise, with more foreign tourists visiting in 2014, according to Statistics Iceland. The statistic agency’s annual report, released last...
View ArticleIceland tourism booming because of blockbuster Hollywood movies
The North Atlantic nation of Iceland has seen an incredible rise in the number of tourists visiting its shores, and it is as much as a result of the number of Hollywood movies and TV shows being filmed...
View ArticleIceland: Tourists to be offered help from human search engine
Iceland has launched the innovative first ever human search engine which will offer tourists a human contact to find out information that can be useful while visiting the country. ‘Ask Gudmundur’ –...
View ArticleIceland: World’s largest manmade cave opened
Tourists in Iceland will now have the opportunity to step inside the world’s largest manmade cave, after work on the feature on the Langjokull glacier was finally completed. Langjokull is among the...
View ArticleIceland: Colder summer weather leads to more whales
Iceland is experiencing an unusually colder summer than normal, with the country’s Met Office forecasting that things are going to remain chilly for the foreseeable future, particularly in the northern...
View ArticleMinister criticised for pooing tourists
Iceland’s former foreign minister has blasted the country’s Ministry for Industry and Trade for failing to develop tourist locations. Össur Skarphéðinsson said that in two and a half years, the...
View ArticleIcelanders positive over thriving tourism industry
The majority of Icelanders are happy that an increasing number of tourists are visiting the North Atlantic island, according to a recent poll. The MMR-conducted poll showed that 80 per cent of those...
View ArticleIcelandair to take over WOW air
The Icelandair group board has made a purchase agreement for all shares in the WOW air airline totalling around $18 million or ISK 2.18 billion. The decision of finalising this purchase is pending the...
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