One hundred and thirty tourists from the United States, most of them vaccinated, landed at Keflavík airport yesterday morning. Some of them have been waiting to travel to Iceland for over a year and all agree that the country is a safe destination during the pandemic.
Tourists arrived in Iceland on the Delta airlines, which landed on the island for the first time since 2019. Since May, Delta has scheduled daily, scheduled flights between the US and Iceland.
Jóhannes Þór Skúlason, executive director of the Icelandic Tourist Board, said the arrival of tourists is an optimistic start for the development of tourism services in the summer. You can see that positive changes are taking place in the tourism industry.
Journalists watched tourists arriving at the airport.
“We chose Iceland because it seems to be the best option right now in an outbreak. We consider this country the safest place to travel. There are also very few tourists here “Said Strati Hvartos, a Los Angeles photographer who plans to spend two weeks in Iceland with his girlfriend, production designer Caroline Fiorito.
Everyone interviewed by the editorial team was excited to start their journey through Iceland. Yasmine Kim and Megan Newsom, medical students, were very excited about their trip and admitted they were heading south.
“We graduated from medicine, so this is a diploma trip” Megan said.
Pilot Rohan Bahtia also came to Iceland to take advantage of the long-awaited vacation.
“We waited for Iceland for a year and a half. This country is our favorite place and we are glad to be here ”.
According to Kopp’s family, this expectation was immediately evident on the plane; Sarah, a nurse, Corey, a craftsman, and their three daughters; Sophia, Amelia and Annalize.
“Everyone was very excited about going somewhere other than the United States. We were looking forward to visiting another country. The atmosphere was very good. The plane was full “Sarah said.
The eldest daughter, Sophia, said she was looking forward to the journey. She admitted that she was most excited about waterfalls.
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Source: Yle