800,000 Tourists Expected in Iceland Tourists by Gullfoss waterfall. mbl.is/Árni Sæberg Vala Hafstað
Landsbanki bank expects income from the travel industry to increase by ISK 120 billion (USD 993 million; EUR 814 million) this year, compared with 2020, partly because tourists stay longer in Iceland than they used to do,
Morgunblaðið reports. In addition, the bank expects the number of tourists to increase by 67 percent, compared with last year.
Its latest forecast assumes that 800,000 tourists will visit the country this year, whereas its national economic forecast from October of last year predicted their numbers to reach only 600,000 this year.
According to Landsbanki economist Gústaf Steingrímsson, foreign exchange earnings from the travel industry amounted to ISK 117 billion last year, whereas the bank predicts them to reach ISK 236 billion (USD 1.9 billion; EUR 1.6 billion) this year. Should the total number of t
The 48-year old Icelandic man, Guðmundur Felix Grétarson, who in January became the first patient in the world to undergo transplant surgery of both arms and shoulders, has reason to be optimistic.
Double-Arm Transplant Patient Progressing Well: Video Photo/Facebook The 48-year old Icelandic man, Guðmundur Felix Grétarson, who in January became the first patient in the world to undergo transplant surgery of both arms and shoulders, has reason to be optimistic, since the nerves in his arms have grown much faster than expected, mbl.is reports. On May 28, he published a video on his Facebook page, demonstrating that he can already move the biceps of his right arm. The 14-hour transplant operation was performed at Edouard Herriot hospital in Lyon, France. Guðmundur lost both arms in a work-related accident in Iceland in January of 1998, at the age of 26, in which he received a major electric shock while repairing a high voltage power line.