The chief of police in Hvolsvöllur, South Iceland, says tour operators need to stop marketing the central highlands to tourists as an “off road” adventure. He claims the message is misleading and points out that all off road driving is illegal in Iceland.
Officers with the Hvolsvöllur Police Department patrol the central highlands and, according to the Icelandic Broadcasting Service, nine motorists have been stopped and fined for illegal off road driving this summer.
Sveinn Kristján Rúnarsson, chief of police in Hvolsvöllur, says that in all nine cases the drivers were foreign tourists. He adds that local tour operators need to stop marketing the central highlands as an “off road” adventure and instead inform tourists on how to properly navigate the highlands.
The chief of police in Hvolsvöllur, South Iceland, says tour operators need to stop marketing the central highlands to tourists as an “off road” adventure. He claims the message is misleading and points out that all off road driving is illegal in Iceland.
Officers with the Hvolsvöllur Police Department patrol the central highlands and, according to the Icelandic Broadcasting Service, nine motorists have been stopped and fined for illegal off road driving this summer.
Sveinn Kristján Rúnarsson, chief of police in Hvolsvöllur, says that in all nine cases the drivers were foreign tourists. He adds that local tour operators need to stop marketing the central highlands as an “off road” adventure and instead inform tourists on how to properly navigate the highlands.
