Ship Bookings Indicate Record Year for Cruise Industry in Iceland

197 cruise ships are booked to visit Akureyri, Grímsey, and/or Hrísey this summer, with a total of around 200,000 passengers on board, RUV Iceland reports. Faxaflóahafnir, which runs harbours in the capital region, has 194 ships booked, with 219,000 passengers.

According to Fréttablaðið, if the bookings remain as planned, 2022 will be a record year for the cruise industry in Iceland

According to Pétur Ólafsson, the head of the association of North Iceland ports, direct revenue from cruise ships in the region will approach half a billion krónur if all bookings are maintained. 

It is estimated that total takings, direct and indirect, connected to all cruise ship visits in Iceland could amount to as much as 30 billion krónur this year.