Overview
Foreign visitors
314,180
August 2026
+0.4%vs. August 2025
−1.0%Jan–Aug vs. last year
Foreign card turnover
38,941ISK m
September 2026
+6.3%vs. September 2025
+3.5%Jan–Sep vs. last year
Overnight stays
1,549,186
August 2026
+3.3%vs. August 2025
+1.7%Jan–Aug vs. last year
Hotel room occupancy
88.7%
August 2026
−1.1 ppvs. August 2025
−1.3 ppJan–Aug vs. last year
Rental cars in use
32,104
September 2026
+1.9%vs. September 2025
+1.4%Jan–Sep vs. last year
Traffic on tourist routes
More on traffic →All of Iceland
−0.2%
Last 28 days compared with the same weekdays last year
- South Iceland+2.7%
- West Iceland−5.2%
- Westfjords+2.6%
- North Iceland−8.4%
- East Iceland−8.4%
- Reykjanes Peninsula−6.3%
Measured up to and including 25 October 2026. Vehicles at the Icelandic Road Administration's counters on tourist routes, updated daily.
Foreign visitors
Foreign card turnover
Overnight stays
Hotel room occupancy
The solid line shows measured data, the dashed line the forecast, and the shaded area the forecast's uncertainty band. Dots with whiskers are early estimates from traffic on tourist routes, before official figures are out. The slider under each chart sets the period shown.