Archive for the ‘Iceland’ Category
Record number of foreign tourists in Iceland 2009
By Stefan Helgi Valsson, eTN Iceland | Jan 27, 2010: Iceland in spite of challenging worldwide economic times experienced yet another record year in arrivals in 2009.
“We expect a considerably more tourists in 2010 than last year,” states Ms Olof Yrr Atladottir, director general of the Iceland Tourist Board (ITB) on the organization’s website.
January 28, 2010
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Enjoying a Local Experience in Reykjavik, Iceland
How can you travel all the way to Iceland and still feel right at home? Reykjavik is a unique city-conveniently compact while feeling roomy and spacious with lots of social public spaces. Known for its nightlife year-round-whether glittering under the Northern Lights in winter or celebrating under the midnight sun in summer-this vibrant little capital [...]
December 8, 2009
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Explore Through the South of Iceland by Horseback
South of Iceland offers the most variety of all parts of Iceland: volcano, glaciers, hot springs, among them geysir, waterfalls you can walk behind, black beach, natural thermal baths, lava caves… the list is endless!
November 20, 2009
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Warm Up in Iceland This Winter
REYKJAVIK, ICELAND – Talk about a vacation that keeps on giving! Sign up to spend “A Romantic Interlude” in Iceland for you and a significant other — and your enjoyment continues even on the way to the airport to catch your flight home.
August 20, 2009
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Full-blown recession and economic meltdown make Iceland more accessible for tourists
etn/REYKJAVIK, Iceland – In better times, Nina Bjork, one of Iceland’s fashion glitterati, would be busy styling photo shoots for the island’s top design houses. But since Iceland’s economy collapsed in October, one of the first victims of the global financial crisis, Bjork has had to try her hand at a new career: fashion tour [...]
June 16, 2009
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Maverick Entrepreneurs Plan Plunge into Worlds Top Freshwater Dive Site in Iceland
POTOMAC, MD, June 5, 2009 — Entrepreneurs are used to taking a plunge into the unknown. But Yanik Silver, founder of Maverick Business Adventures®, will be taking this concept a lot further when he and like-minded entrepreneurs suit up to dive into Icelands infamous Silfra Ravine in late July during a five-day adventure that also [...]
June 5, 2009
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Iceland’s Inbound Tourism Grows
In the aftermath of the crisis in Iceland, outbound tourism takes a huge blow; yet the amount of foreigners coming to Iceland increases thanks to a more favourable exchange rate. The tourism sector of the North Atlantic island has been totally reversed.
May 20, 2009
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ICELAND TOURISM TREND – Favorable exchange rate: Now a tourist attraction for Iceland
BY STEFAN HELGI VALSSON ETN AMBASSADOR | MAY 07, 2009
REYKJAVÍK, Iceland (eTN) – More Swiss, German and American tourists visited Iceland in April 2009 than in 2008, according the Iceland Tourist Board. A net 6.5 percent increase in foreign visitor departures was recorded in the same month, while there has been a significant decrease in [...]
May 7, 2009
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Dollar goes a long way on winter trip to Iceland
BY DAVID BAUDER, AP / MERCURYNEWS.COM/etn | JAN 07, 2009
REYKJAVIK, Iceland – We figured the driver taking us to a New York airport didn’t know much about our destination when we said we were going to Iceland and he asked us to spell it.
“Oh,” he said. “The bankrupt country.” Yes, the bankrupt country. Not the [...]
January 7, 2009
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Iceland on sale
By Stefan Helgi Valsson, eTN Ambassador | Oct 13, 2008
REYKJAVIK, Iceland (eTN) – Visitors to Iceland get twice as many Icelandic krona (ISK) for their currency compared to October last year. The value of Iceland’s local currency has plummeted against all major currencies, starting at the end of September this year. The krona’s free-fall came [...]
October 14, 2008
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