Still, the buzz and the economic benefits it delivers are accompanied by challenges. Malcolm Brabant reports Iceland's tourism 'growing pains.' The tourist season in Europe is winding down ...

Tourism has exploded in the 20 years that you’ve been living in Iceland. What has that transformation ... In the bigger cities in Europe, you see challenges with accommodation and affordable ...

These management strategies are all part of Iceland’s goal to balance the opportunities and challenges that arise from mass tourism. At the same time as generating income for the country ...

come challenges that we need to be ready to tackle," Thordis Kolbrun R. Gylfadottir, Iceland's tourism minister, told Bloomberg. Iceland's Blue Lagoon presents a microcosm of what is taking place in ...

Tourism group Inspired by Iceland has played on the latter in a new video it hopes will draw more visitors to the North Atlantic island — and it’s hilarious. In the video, unsuspecting ...

While much can be learned from the success of tourism in Iceland, there is also a lot to be gleaned from the challenges it has posed. The crisis and the fix Change in the economy was already afoot ...

Striking the right balance is the immediate challenge. In spite of the problems associated with it, tourism has helped keep Iceland’s unemployment rate low, contributed to the growth of real ...

In a normal October, the Radisson BLU Saga Hotel in Reykjavik would be buzzing with tourists hoping for a glimpse of the Northern Lights, business travelers in town for trade fairs, honeymooners ...

"It's always a challenge to sleep ... Prepare to battle with tourists Tourism in Iceland exploded after widespread media coverage of the Eyjafjallajökull eruption in 2011. Pre-pandemic, Iceland ...

The nearby Blue Lagoon geothermal spa, one of Iceland’s biggest tourist attractions, also shut and said that it would remain closed until at least Tuesday. Grindavik, which has a population of ...

Iceland's glorious mountains ... jobs growth in the country amid economic challenges, but has also hampered the housing market. “The tourism boom has therefore contributed to low unemployment ...

Fast-growing tourism. “Managing tourism in nature-based countries like Iceland and Alaska will always be a challenge,” said Ásta Kristín Sigurjónsdóttiris, managing director of the Iceland ...