Never more tourists 18. desember 2006 11:53 Considerably more tourist visited Iceland this year than last year according to numbers from Leifur Eiriksson International Airport during the first 11 months of 2006. The increase is 9.4%. A lot more tourist visit Iceland now during the winter months and the increase during the month of November was 36.4%. More tourists during the winter months are especially important for the tourist industry in Iceland. According to Ársæll Haraldsson, head of marketing at the Tourist Board, negative publicity on the Icelandic business world and whale hunting does not hurt the tourist industry. „It seems to bring attention to the country and people decide to travel here when they here these news,“ says Ársæll. Another factor is the increase in flights to the country; both British Airways and SAS started flying to Iceland this year. Lastly, marketing throughout the years seems to be paying off. Travelers are worldlier now and are not bothered by the weather or cold climate. News News in English Mest lesið Rússneskur kafbátur í fylgd sænska hersins Erlent Viðkvæmur friður þegar í hættu? Erlent Dónatal í desember Erlent Nærliggjandi hús rýmt þegar eldur kom upp á Ásbrú í morgun Innlent Vildu bregðast við sterku ákalli fólks sem hafði misst skyndilega Innlent Nafngreindi rangan mann í frétt og dæmdur fyrir meiðyrði Innlent Mosfellsbær tæki gjarnan við peningunum sem Tjörneshreppur afþakkar Innlent „Þessi málaflokkur er bara í drasli“ Innlent Danir stórefla varnir Grænlands með freigátum og orustuþotum Innlent Vilja þjóðfund um menntamál og framtíð landsins Innlent
Considerably more tourist visited Iceland this year than last year according to numbers from Leifur Eiriksson International Airport during the first 11 months of 2006. The increase is 9.4%. A lot more tourist visit Iceland now during the winter months and the increase during the month of November was 36.4%. More tourists during the winter months are especially important for the tourist industry in Iceland. According to Ársæll Haraldsson, head of marketing at the Tourist Board, negative publicity on the Icelandic business world and whale hunting does not hurt the tourist industry. „It seems to bring attention to the country and people decide to travel here when they here these news,“ says Ársæll. Another factor is the increase in flights to the country; both British Airways and SAS started flying to Iceland this year. Lastly, marketing throughout the years seems to be paying off. Travelers are worldlier now and are not bothered by the weather or cold climate.
News News in English Mest lesið Rússneskur kafbátur í fylgd sænska hersins Erlent Viðkvæmur friður þegar í hættu? Erlent Dónatal í desember Erlent Nærliggjandi hús rýmt þegar eldur kom upp á Ásbrú í morgun Innlent Vildu bregðast við sterku ákalli fólks sem hafði misst skyndilega Innlent Nafngreindi rangan mann í frétt og dæmdur fyrir meiðyrði Innlent Mosfellsbær tæki gjarnan við peningunum sem Tjörneshreppur afþakkar Innlent „Þessi málaflokkur er bara í drasli“ Innlent Danir stórefla varnir Grænlands með freigátum og orustuþotum Innlent Vilja þjóðfund um menntamál og framtíð landsins Innlent