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Wave Of Booking Fraud Hits Tourism Industry
A surge of booking fraud has caused significant financial losses for Icelandic tourism companies in recent weeks, reports RÚV. What was once an occasional issue has now escalated to over a dozen fraudulent transactions daily. Trips are booked with little notice, and…
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176,000 Foreign Passenger Departures In June
Ranking as the fifth most popular June, 176,000 foreign passengers departed from Kevlavík Airport last month, a major increase from the last two years, reports RÚV. [su_pullquote]We are having a summer sale on all our Icelandic soaps, scrubs, face masks, perfumes and…
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New Travel Gift Available Today – Last One Mostly Used For Fast Food And Gas
Yesterday, last year’s travel gift, in Icelandic called ‘Ferðagjöf’, has expired and the statistics have been published. It is now clear that most Icelanders used their travel gifts for the most essential things: Chicken, pizza, and gas. A new travel gift, with…
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One Fourth Of Unemployed Icelanders Are University Graduates
The second largest group affected by unemployment in Iceland is comprised of university graduates, RÚV reports—right after individuals who only hold a primary school degree. Although the unemployment rate in Iceland is extremely low compared to other European countries (the youth unemployment…
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“Let’s Sell Hunting Licenses For Shooting Dirt Poor Backpacker Scum”
You could say that a conference on employment in Húsavík in north Iceland, got heated this weekend, with plenty of controversial proposals regarding foreign tourists being put forth, reports local paper Vikudagur. The conference discussed how best to make money of tourists…
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Tourist Cancellations Hitting Industry Hard
In recent months, the tourism industry has started to experience something unheard of just 12 months ago—mass cancellations. The main culprit in the wave of cancellations is the ever strengthening króna, which together with already high prices has made visiting the country…
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Growing Pains
In the aftermath of 2008’s TOTAL ECONOMIC COLLAPSE, scores of Icelanders found themselves struggling to make ends meet as jobs became scarce and household debt skyrocketed. The nation collectively struggled to come up with ways to pull itself up by the bootstraps;…
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Union Official Worried About Tourism Industry Workers
The managing director of one of Iceland’s largest trade unions says they are “extremely worried” about workers in the tourism industry. “We are extremely worried about [workers within] this field,” Drífa Snædal, the Managing Director of the Federation of General and Special…