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    SafeTravel information for the next few days

    22.01.2020
    SafeTravel connects travelers in Iceland with essential resources to help reduce their exposure to risks and ensure a safe and comfortable travel experience. Here you find information for the next few days.
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    All Blue Lagoon operations quality certified

    16.12.2019
    The Blue Lagoon now has all its operations certified by Vakinn the official quality and environmental certification for Icelandic tourism. The latest certification is the Silica Hotel with 4 star superior star rating and Moss restaurant which is now quality certified.
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    New Map Improves Tourist Safety

    29.11.2019
    Safetravel.is, the official source for safe travel in Iceland, has introduced a new map of travel conditions which combines what used to be three maps in one, mbl.is reports. Minister of Tourism Þórdís Kolbrún R. Gylfadóttir formally launched the map yesterday.
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    Tourism in figures – November 2019

    21.11.2019
    „Tourism in figures – November 2019“ was published to day. This is one of the monthly publications of the Icelandic Tourism Board (ITB), a short compilation of the most recent statistics about tourism and tourists gathered by ITB as well as data from Statistics Iceland. The emphasis is on looking at data from recent years to find changes, that may have occured.
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    18.4% decrease in October

    13.11.2019
    Departures of foreign passengers from Iceland via Keflavik airport were about 163 thousand in October, according to figures from the Icelandic Tourist Board, or about 36 thousand less than in October 2018. The decrease between years is 18.4%.
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    First 5 Star Hotels in Iceland

    28.10.2019
    The names of the first five star hotels in Iceland were announced last week. These are The Retreat Hotel - Blue Lagoon, a five Star Superior Hotel, and Hótel Grímsborgir, a five Star Hotel. This is a major, positive milestone for tourism in Iceland, since quality has been an important emphasis in recent years, both in government policies and the tourism sector in general.
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