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 Dullarfull brotlending nærri Area 51 Erlent Engan óraði fyrir framhaldinu Erlent „Það er sárt að þurfa að horfa á eftir þeim“ Innlent Spyr hvort aflífa þurfi sig vegna mjaðmaskipta Innlent Trump og „maðurinn með ljáinn“ hóta að greiða ekki laun Erlent Tóku farsíma af unglingum í Hafnarfirði og millifærðu af reikningum Innlent Stofna hreyfingu til undirbúnings íslenskum her Innlent Lögregla lýsir eftir Aylin Innlent Ekki hlutverk stjórnarandstöðunnar að halda uppi stemmingu Innlent Á leið til Suður-Afríku með syni sína í meðferð vegna úrræðaleysis 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 Dullarfull brotlending nærri Area 51 Erlent Engan óraði fyrir framhaldinu Erlent „Það er sárt að þurfa að horfa á eftir þeim“ Innlent Spyr hvort aflífa þurfi sig vegna mjaðmaskipta Innlent Trump og „maðurinn með ljáinn“ hóta að greiða ekki laun Erlent Tóku farsíma af unglingum í Hafnarfirði og millifærðu af reikningum Innlent Stofna hreyfingu til undirbúnings íslenskum her Innlent Lögregla lýsir eftir Aylin Innlent Ekki hlutverk stjórnarandstöðunnar að halda uppi stemmingu Innlent Á leið til Suður-Afríku með syni sína í meðferð vegna úrræðaleysis Innlent