The pressure on Keflavik outside Reykjavik, as the only international airport in Iceland, creates an excessive imbalance in tourist flows.
“More tourists will give the tourism industry in northern Iceland the opportunity to develop more sustainably all year round,” says Gudrun Thora Gunnarsdottir, head of the Icelandic Tourism Research Institute.
The local government in Akureyri has long been lobbying for expansion to the airport in order to make it more viable for international flights. Akureyri Mayor Ásthildur Sturludóttir celebrated the announcement: “We are extremely pleased that the Transport Minister and the government as a whole have looked at and listened to our wishes.”
Sources: Swedish Radio and icelandreview.com
This post was published on 8 April 2021 12:06
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