The Icelandic government has announced that all those who have been fully vaccinated against COVID-19 will be allowed to travel to Iceland without being subject to border measures, such as testing and quarantine. Until now, this exemption has only applied to those presenting certificates from the EU/EEA Area but will now apply equally to everyone …
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Almost all travelers visiting Iceland fly in and out of Keflavik International Airport. Therefore, the tallying of foreign tourists on the island is very accurate; last year they decreased by 14%. The main explanation for this decrease is the bankruptcy of WOW Air in March last year, as this low-cost airline accounted for about three …
From most international airports, airplanes fly not only to other countries but also to other cities and towns in the same country. In Iceland, this is the opposite. Keflavík International Airport, located outside of Reykjavík, is only used for international flights. About 98 percent of all tourists who come to Iceland fly to Keflavík first. …
EasyJet added Iceland to its network in 2012, at first offering only flights to Iceland from Luton airport, but soon more routes followed. In the ensuing years, the number of British visitors in Iceland grew drastically. The majority of British tourists choose to visit Iceland during the winter months - in 2018, more British tourists …
Norðurstrandarleið eða Arctic Coast Way eins og hún heitir á ensku er á lista Lonely Planet yfir þá tíu áfangastaði í Evrópu sem best er að heimsækja. Lonely Planet sem er einn vinsælasti útgefandi ferðahandbóka í heiminum og hefur mikla útbreiðslu. Í umfjöllun Lonely Planet segir meðal annars að á Norðurstrandarleiðinni sé að finna allt það …
The number of people visiting Iceland dropped by 8% during the first four months of 2019 and the total number of foreign visitors to Iceland is expected to decrease even further by the end of the year. According to a report from Arion Bank’s research department, the total number of foreign visitors in 2019 is …
The number of scheduled flights to and from Keflavík International Airport in April has dropped by 32% between years. This trend is largely a direct result of WOW air’s bankruptcy in March; the low-cost carrier offered a total of 588 flights from Keflavík Airport to various international destinations in April 2018. However, the decline in …
The flight network between North America and Iceland remains excellent despite the recent collapse of Icelandic low-cost carrier WOW air. Five legacy airlines offer year-round flights between Keflavík International Airport (near Reykjavik) and the US&Canada: Air Canada, Icelandair, Delta Airlines, American Airlines, and United Airlines. Delta, United Airlines, and Icelandair all operate flights between Keflavík …
„Fyrsta tímabilið okkar á Íslandi gekk vel og þess vegna komum við aftur nú í sumar. Að þessu sinni erum við ekki nýi aðilinn á markaðnum,” segir Bob Schumacher, framkvæmdastjóri United Airlines fyrir Bretland og Ísland. Hann bætir því við að síðasta sumar hafi sætanýtingin í fluginu til Íslands verið mjög góð eða um níutíu …
139,055 foreign tourists visited Iceland in January, according to statistics compiled by the Icelandic Tourist Board. That’s 8,514 fewer visitors compared to January 2018, a decline by 5.8% between years. Isavia, which oversees airport operations in Iceland, had earlier predicted 147,114 foreign visitors in January this year, a decline by 0.3%. Scheduled flights to Keflavík …
Airbnb’s growth in Iceland over the past years has been swift, with Icelandic Airbnb hosts making the highest profits in 2017 in the world. However, according to Statistics Iceland, booking rates dropped between July and September this year. These statistics are not only bound to Reykjavík as Airbnb booking rates have dropped in other parts …
Við Brautarholt í Reykjavík er Hótel Eyja til húsa og er það rekið í anda dönsku hótelkeðjunnar Guldsmeden þar sem lögð er áhersla á sjálfbærni og umhverfismál. Gististaðir Guldsmeden í Kaupmannahöfn, Árósum og Ósló hafa allir fengið vottun umhverfissamtakanna Green Globe og nýverið bættist Hótel Eyja í þann hóp. Í tilkynningu segir að tekist hafi …
This week, Keflavík Airport became the first service provider in Iceland to offer customers the option of paying for goods and services with Alipay through ePassi. The partnership of Alipay and ePassi has been a great success, as the direct marketing of ePassi through Alipay plays a key role in gaining the attention of Chinese …
During the pre-financial crisis years, few international carriers offered direct year-round flights to Iceland. Back then, the now bankrupt carrier Airberlin was one of the few airlines to offer scheduled flights to Iceland year-round: the carrier flew to Iceland from numerous German air hubs during summer months, and twice-weekly from Berlin and Dusseldorf during low-season. …
Overseas residents made around 2.2 million visits to Iceland in 2017, and according to statistics accumulated by Túristi, nearly 1.2 million of those visitors travelled with either Icelandair or WOW air to the country; the remaining 1.2 million travelled with one of the roughly 30 foreign airlines offering scheduled flights to Keflavík International Airport. In …
The taxi fare from Keflavík Airport into Reykjavík city centre is considerably higher than in Oslo and Stockholm, although the distance is approximately the same. The taxi company BSR charges 15,500 ISK for airport pick-up and drop-off while Hreyfill, Reykjavík’s other main taxi service company, charges 16,000 ISK for the same service. However, it is …
Flight connection between Iceland and Italy will greatly improve this winter when WOW air and Norwegian will offer regular flights to Milan and Rome, respectively. Up until now, direct flights between Iceland and Italy have only been available during the summer. WOW air has offered seasonal flights to Milan for some time and will now …
The Icelandic government has agreed to invest further in efforts to limit Airbnb rentals. The District Commissioner for Reykjavík will oversee the implementation of the measure, as well as a new team of eight inspectors who are to investigate tips on illegal rentals. In 2016, Reykjavík had 5,178 active units listed on Airbnb according to …