News release on population 1 January 2012, due for release today, Tuesday 7 February, will be postponed until 14 February. More

In December 2011, overnight stays in hotels were 69,200 compared with 54,300 in December 2010. Nights spent by foreign tourists accounted for 76% of the total number of overnight stays in December and increased by 27% compared with December 2010.More

According to preliminary figures for January 2012 the value of exported goods amounted to almost ISK 49,300 million fob and the value of imported goods amounted to ISK 37,500 million fob. Thus, there was a trade surplus of ISK 12,000 million in January 2011, according to the preliminary figures, calculated on fob value. More