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Icelandic Tourism Sees Big Increases
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Qalix
Long Jump.
#1 - 2014-03-06 15:25:23 UTC
http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20140304005308/en/Iceland-Sees-Impressive-42.7-Percent-Increase-Visitors

I wonder how much of the total tourism to Iceland are people going to fanfest.
Erotica 1
Krypteia Operations
#2 - 2014-03-06 15:43:45 UTC
Tourism may increase a lot more if there was a "sack a castle adventure package."

See Bio for isk doubling rules. If you didn't read bio, chances are you funded those who did.
baltec1
Bat Country
Pandemic Horde
#3 - 2014-03-06 15:56:48 UTC  |  Edited by: baltec1
Erotica 1 wrote:
Tourism may increase a lot more if there was a "sack a castle adventure package."


You could always re-enact Frodo and Sams trip across Mordor and toss a gold ring into a volcano.

Also they have a penis museum and yummy sharkBig smile
Anna Karhunen
Inoue INEXP
#4 - 2014-03-06 16:00:22 UTC
baltec1 wrote:
Erotica 1 wrote:
Tourism may increase a lot more if there was a "sack a castle adventure package."


You could always re-enact Frodo and Sams trip across Mordor and toss a gold ring into a volcano.

Also they have a ***** museum and yummy sharkBig smile


Lord of the Rings divorce celebration trip?

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Signal11th
#5 - 2014-03-06 16:43:08 UTC
Probably get more visitors if everything wasn't so goddamn expensive over there.

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GreenSeed
#6 - 2014-03-06 16:50:04 UTC
there are more eve players than Icelandic citizens.

we could drop a few SBUs next fanfest, and with any luck, probably trigger Ragnarok.

fun times.
Othran
Route One
#7 - 2014-03-06 17:30:18 UTC  |  Edited by: Othran
Signal11th wrote:
Probably get more visitors if everything wasn't so goddamn expensive over there.


Feel free to put up courier orders to :

"Volcanic rock in North Atlantic, several hours by sea or air from anywhere else"

I'm sure you'll make a fortune P

Edit - just remember you'll need to either run aluminium or fish products back the other way Lol
Xearal
Dead's Prostitutes
The Initiative.
#8 - 2014-03-06 17:51:33 UTC
GreenSeed wrote:
there are more eve players than Icelandic citizens.

we could drop a few SBUs next fanfest, and with any luck, probably trigger Ragnarok.

fun times.


I bet goonswarm is already plotting the hostile takeover of Iceland and make it a new renter empire...

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Erotica 1
Krypteia Operations
#9 - 2014-03-06 18:07:36 UTC
It would be tempting to buy up the hotels around fanfest and double the current rates, just for fun.

See Bio for isk doubling rules. If you didn't read bio, chances are you funded those who did.
Serene Repose
#10 - 2014-03-06 18:34:53 UTC
Yeah. It's the poor man's Vegas.

We must accommodate the idiocracy.
Ilaister
Binary Aesthetics
#11 - 2014-03-06 18:50:40 UTC
Iceland is a starkly beautiful country with a fascinating history and an almost alien landscape. It's a lot easier to get to - when its volcanoes aren't popping their caps - and English is widely spoken.

Also people travel more and more; especially to places whose culture is reaching out to them - Eve may be the greatest but Iceland has produced, and produces many amazing things.

Caviar Liberta
The Scope
Gallente Federation
#12 - 2014-03-06 19:01:42 UTC
Pok Nibin
Doomheim
#13 - 2014-03-06 19:46:08 UTC
Ilaister wrote:
Iceland is a starkly beautiful country with a fascinating history and an almost alien landscape. It's a lot easier to get to - when its volcanoes aren't popping their caps - and English is widely spoken.

Also people travel more and more; especially to places whose culture is reaching out to them - Eve may be the greatest but Iceland has produced, and produces many amazing things.

That's all well and good. Kudos all around. However, does that mean there's anything to DO in Iceland?
Vegas has been a hotbed for criminal activity and liscentious behavior since it was just a wide spot in the road, and guess what...you don't get frostbite in Vegas!

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Qalix
Long Jump.
#14 - 2014-03-06 20:13:38 UTC
Pok Nibin wrote:
Ilaister wrote:
Iceland is a starkly beautiful country with a fascinating history and an almost alien landscape. It's a lot easier to get to - when its volcanoes aren't popping their caps - and English is widely spoken.

Also people travel more and more; especially to places whose culture is reaching out to them - Eve may be the greatest but Iceland has produced, and produces many amazing things.

That's all well and good. Kudos all around. However, does that mean there's anything to DO in Iceland?
Vegas has been a hotbed for criminal activity and liscentious behavior since it was just a wide spot in the road, and guess what...you don't get frostbite in Vegas!

I've never understood the allure of gambling. It's exactly the same as flushing money down the toilet, only they serve drinks while you gamble.
Unsuccessful At Everything
The Troll Bridge
#15 - 2014-03-06 21:37:55 UTC
Caviar Liberta wrote:
Also from Iceland



Proof that CDs with 50 minutes of audio recordings of cats being run over slowly by steamrollers will sell well internationally.

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Mallak Azaria
Caldari Provisions
Caldari State
#16 - 2014-03-07 01:08:10 UTC
Signal11th wrote:
Probably get more visitors if everything wasn't so goddamn expensive over there.


Everything except petrol is cheap by my country's standard. Not everyone is a real life poor.

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Pix Severus
Empty You
#17 - 2014-03-07 02:19:17 UTC
I'm going to Iceland later this year during my tour of the Nordic countries. Looking forward to seeing the EVE monument.

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Erotica 1
Krypteia Operations
#18 - 2014-03-07 02:42:19 UTC
Pix Severus wrote:
I'm going to Iceland later this year during my tour of the Nordic countries. Looking forward to seeing the EVE monument.


I was just thinking, someone could do well for himself taking pictures of the monument, along with a picture of a person's name, maybe rubbing the name onto a piece of paper, etc, and offering such services to silly EVE players.

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Hasikan Miallok
Republic University
Minmatar Republic
#19 - 2014-03-07 03:54:14 UTC  |  Edited by: Hasikan Miallok
ah iceland, land of the drink Wodka for months cos its too dark and cold outside to do anything else :D


hint ... visit in summer
Gogela
Epic Ganking Time
CODE.
#20 - 2014-03-07 07:51:28 UTC
Actually Iceland has a LOT to offer the tourist. I can't justify the ticket for Fanfest alone, because for the same $$ I can go surfing in Hawaii... which I try to do anyway once a year. I have been kicking around the idea of going to a fanfest b/c there's some really sweet s*** in iceland. They have this freshwater/brakish scuba dive you can go on, following a fault line in a heavy cold-water wetsuit that looks cool. Volcanoes galore (I'm a geology buff) and did you know Iceland was once covered in forest? It's true... but the locals cut the trees down not realizing it takes like 10k years to establish that ecosystem. A lot to see and learn. And I hear the people are just awesome. I'll do it at some point... but Iceland is a good tourist location for sure.

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