Record number of tourists in July

The number of tourists travelling to Iceland last July broke all records. About 67.000 tourists went through Leifur Eiriksson International Airport in July. That is 1700 more people than last year, the increase is 2,6%. Most tourists have arrived from Britain and the United States this year, but foreign visitors from the Nordic countries and Geramany are on the rise. During the first six months of the year 216 thousand people went through the International Airport. In recent years more tourists have arrived in August than July, so it seems that this the year 2006 will brake records in numbers of foreign visitors.