Not only does the number of foreign travellers visiting Iceland keep growing, the pace of the increase seems to be picking up, rather than slowing down. According to figures from the Icelandic Tourist Board 42.3% more tourists came to Iceland in February of this year, compared to February 2016. The year-over-year increase in 2014 was 31.2%, 34,4% in 2015 and 42.9% in 2016.
A count of travellers leaving through Keflavík International Airport showed that 148,000 people flew from Iceland in February, which is a 47,600 more than the year before. The total for January and February is 284,000 travellers, an increase of 59.5% over the same period in 2016.
Half of all the travellers were either American or British: 31.9% were British, and 19.5% were American. The third largest group came from China, 5.7%, followed by French travellers, 4.5% and Germans, 4.4%. Most of the increase came from America: The number of American tourists grew by 77% since 2016.
Not only does the number of foreign travellers visiting Iceland keep growing, the pace of the increase seems to be picking up, rather than slowing down. According to figures from the Icelandic Tourist Board 42.3% more tourists came to Iceland in February of this year, compared to February 2016. The year-over-year increase in 2014 was 31.2%, 34,4% in 2015 and 42.9% in 2016.
A count of travellers leaving through Keflavík International Airport showed that 148,000 people flew from Iceland in February, which is a 47,600 more than the year before. The total for January and February is 284,000 travellers, an increase of 59.5% over the same period in 2016.
Half of all the travellers were either American or British: 31.9% were British, and 19.5% were American. The third largest group came from China, 5.7%, followed by French travellers, 4.5% and Germans, 4.4%. Most of the increase came from America: The number of American tourists grew by 77% since 2016.
