Archive for the ‘Iceland’ Category
Iceland volcano will have no affect on the global climate
Mt Eyjafjallajökull, dramatic though it is, is tiny by comparison compared to the 1991 Mount Pinatubo eruption in the Philippines. It was an enormous explosion that is estimated to have thrown out 10 billion tonnes of magma and sent ash clouds 34 km up into the atmosphere. It was one of the biggest volcanic eruptions [...]
April 19, 2010
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Volcanic Eruption and Tourism’s Aftershocks
By David Beirman | April, 2010 The global tourism industry continues to respond to Iceland’s volcanic eruption and the unprecedented disruption to European and global air travel. Most of the world’s travel industry has found itself either under-prepared or completely unprepared to deal with the challenge being belched into the atmosphere by Eyjafjallkokull. To its [...]
April 19, 2010
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The Tourism Industry Implications of the Eyjafjallajokull Volcano Eruption
by David Beirman, eTN Australia Tourism crises have a knack of occurring from the most unlikely causes in the most unlikely places. Many tourism professionals could be forgiven for finding it difficult to imagine that the eruption of a volcano in the relatively isolated island nation of Iceland could wreak the immense havoc on global [...]
April 16, 2010
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Record number of foreign tourists in Iceland 2009
By Stefan Helgi Valsson, eTN Iceland | Jan 27, 2010:Â 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 WorldÂ’s 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 IcelandÂ’s 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. Â Â Â Â Â
May 20, 2009
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