This statistic shows the results of a survey conducted with international tourists in Iceland in the summer of 2016 asking them for their purpose of visiting Iceland. Of respondents, about 91 percent said that they were visiting Iceland on a holiday, while approximately 6 percent went there for a specific leisure-related event.
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Icelandic Tourist Board. (January 1, 2017). What was the purpose of your visit?* [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved January 06, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/746069/iceland-inbound-tourism-travel-purpose/
Icelandic Tourist Board. "What was the purpose of your visit?*." Chart. January 1, 2017. Statista. Accessed January 06, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/746069/iceland-inbound-tourism-travel-purpose/
Icelandic Tourist Board. (2017). What was the purpose of your visit?*. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: January 06, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/746069/iceland-inbound-tourism-travel-purpose/
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What was the purpose of your visit?* [Graph], Icelandic Tourist Board, January 1, 2017. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/746069/iceland-inbound-tourism-travel-purpose/