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 Ótrúlegur árekstur: „Ég sá bara dekk og púströr“ Innlent Fráfarandi starfsmaður Sólheima: „Eins og ég sé að sleppa frá einangruðu einræðisríki“ Innlent Nennti ekki að tala við „atvinnubetlara“ og sagði henni að fokka sér Innlent Vildi kynnast Kristjáni en var ítrekað sagt að „fokka sér“ Innlent Trump-liðar heita hefndum Erlent Reikna með gosi í lok mánaðar Innlent Fara fram á dauðarefsingu yfir Robinson Erlent Yfirlæknir gagnrýnir auglýsingu gegn lyfi við RS-veiru Innlent Skýrt að Ísland sé ekki griðastaður stríðsglæpamanna Innlent Ríkið situr á þúsundum hektara af framræstu votlendi 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 Ótrúlegur árekstur: „Ég sá bara dekk og púströr“ Innlent Fráfarandi starfsmaður Sólheima: „Eins og ég sé að sleppa frá einangruðu einræðisríki“ Innlent Nennti ekki að tala við „atvinnubetlara“ og sagði henni að fokka sér Innlent Vildi kynnast Kristjáni en var ítrekað sagt að „fokka sér“ Innlent Trump-liðar heita hefndum Erlent Reikna með gosi í lok mánaðar Innlent Fara fram á dauðarefsingu yfir Robinson Erlent Yfirlæknir gagnrýnir auglýsingu gegn lyfi við RS-veiru Innlent Skýrt að Ísland sé ekki griðastaður stríðsglæpamanna Innlent Ríkið situr á þúsundum hektara af framræstu votlendi Innlent