Tourism in Iceland

Active tourism: riding Icelandic horses in Skaftafell

Tourism in Iceland has grown considerably in economic significance in the past 15 years. As of 2016, the tourism industry is estimated to contribute about 10 percent to the Icelandic GDP;[1] the number of foreign visitors exceeded 2,000,000 for the first time in 2017; tourism is responsible for a share of nearly 30 percent of the country's export revenue.[2]

  1. ^ "Tourism to bring in 10% of Iceland's GDP in 2016". Icelandmonitor.mbl.is. Retrieved 2017-08-03.
  2. ^ "Foreign visitors to Iceland 1949-2014". Ferdamalstofa.is. p. 3. Retrieved 2015-11-10.