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The increase in the number of tourists in the month of February from year to year is roughly 22.1 percent; since 2003 the number of tourists has gone up by 50 percent. In these nine years, the Icelandic Tourist Board has kept track of the number of tourists passing through Keflavík International Airport, the growth in the month of February from year to year has increased by 9.4 percent.
The largest individual group by nationality to visit Iceland in February 2012 came from the U.K., or 37.7 percent out of the total number of visitors. The second largest group came from the United States with 13.9 percent, followed by Norway with 7.0 percent, Denmark with 5.5 percent, France with 4.8 percent, Germany and Japan with 3.9 percent, and Sweden and Holland with 3.7 percent.
The increase in tourists from the U.K. from year to year is roughly 50 percent, from North America 28,4 percent, and the same can be said about countries categorized under others with roughly 20 percent. The number of Scandinavians remains the same, and slightly fewer tourists came from Central and Southern Europe.
Since January 1, the number of tourists departing from Keflavík International Airport has already reached 54,000, or a 20 percent increase. Thereof a 51 percent increase among British travelers, 29.7 percent increase among North American tourists, and approximately a quarter more from countries categorized as other.
The numbers of Scandinavians and tourists from Central and Southern Europe have decreased slightly. The number of Icelanders traveling abroad exceeded that of the same time last by 1,700.
21,242 Icelanders traveled overseas in the month of February up from 19,000 last year, or an increase of 8.3 percent. Since the beginning of the New Year, just under 45,000 Icelanders traveled overseas, or 2,250 more than in the same period in 2011, when 42,000 Icelanders traveled abroad. The numbers are up by 5.3 percent, mbl.is recently reported.
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A three-meter long walrus was discovered on the shores by Eyri in the town of Reyðarfjörður in East Iceland yesterday.
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In 1915, women aged 40 and over were granted the right to cast a vote in all official elections held in Iceland.
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Four Icelandic contestants will participate in this year’s World Skills International, the world cup for industrial- and vocational subjects. The competition is held every other year.
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This year’s free English-language travel guide Around Iceland has been released, the 38th year in a row. The guide is also published in Icelandic and German and is distributed in 100,000 copies to the country’s most frequented tourist destinations.
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The 2013 June-July issue of Iceland Review is out. Themed ‘We Are Young’ the magazine celebrates the arrival of summer by interviewing young energetic Icelanders who excel in art, sports, business and politics—and Sigmundur Davíð Gunnlaugsson, the youngest PM in the republic’s history and the world’s youngest ruling state leader. Click here to take a look at a selection of the current issue and here to subscribe to the magazine.
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The road to Höfn, a 1,690-person harbor town by the fjord Hornafjörður, is lined with reindeer. Whole herds of the wild horned animals rest peacefully on withered pastures, grace next to sheep and horses and bounce along the road. Soon, Vatnajökull, Europe’s largest glacier and the region’s biggest attraction, comes into view. Looming over Höfn, its outlet glaciers flow down from the mountains on which the bright white icecap rests.
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Sin Fang will celebrate the release of his third album with a release concert in Iðnó on June 12. Flowers was released in February by Morr Music and has been well received by music enthusiasts and critics alike. The concert will be supported by Vök, this year’s winners of the Icelandic Music Experiments.
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