Arrivals at tourist accommodation in Iceland

Iceland recorded 5,830,195 arrivals at tourist accommodation in 2025.

Measure: Arrivals at tourist accommodation Unit: Arrivals Data: 1996 to 2025 Source: Eurostat
Iceland, 2025 5,830,195 Arrivals
Change from 2023 −4.2% 2023: 6,088,240 arrivals
European Union, 2025 1,103,070,016 arrivals Official aggregate
Position in 2025 25th of 35 See the full ranking

Arrivals at tourist accommodation in Iceland over time

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Arrivals. Source: Eurostat. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Arrivals at tourist accommodation (arrivals), 2001 to 2025
Period IcelandEuropean Union
2025 5,830,195 arrivals 1,103,070,016 arrivals
2024 – 1,054,184,092 arrivals
2023 6,088,240 arrivals 1,019,098,401 arrivals
2022 5,329,883 arrivals 928,018,061 arrivals
2021 3,093,883 arrivals 594,502,031 arrivals
2020 1,931,232 arrivals 467,053,993 arrivals
2019 5,231,835 arrivals 999,955,357 arrivals
2018 – 969,154,463 arrivalse (estimated)
2017 – 928,689,927 arrivalse (estimated)
2016 4,624,337 arrivals 876,966,946 arrivals
2015 3,978,084 arrivals 842,162,941 arrivals
2014 3,296,473 arrivals 798,455,534 arrivals
2013 2,376,249 arrivals 770,974,283 arrivals
2012 2,140,837 arrivals 751,062,897 arrivals
2011 1,880,603 arrivals 736,005,286 arrivals
2010 1,724,169 arrivals 703,217,148 arrivalse (estimated)
2009 1,747,540 arrivals 663,718,232 arrivalse (estimated)
2008 1,577,881 arrivals 697,383,570 arrivalse (estimated)
2007 1,518,706 arrivals –
2006 1,408,915 arrivals 666,433,693 arrivalse (estimated)
2005 1,275,932 arrivals 619,548,402 arrivals
2004 1,248,108 arrivals –
2003 1,167,389 arrivals –
2002 1,090,719 arrivals –
2001 1,042,060 arrivals –

Flags: e estimated . A dash means no value was published.

In short

  • The previous available figure was 6,088,240 arrivals in 2023, a change of −4.2%.
  • Since 2012, when it was 2,140,837 arrivals, the figure has changed by +172.3%.
  • Among the 35 countries with data for 2025, Iceland has the 25th highest value.
  • The figure for the European Union in 2025 was 1,103,070,016 arrivals.

Source and dates

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Eurostat
Source
Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union
Dataset or series code
tour_occ_arnat · dataset details · view at source
Selection
freq=A c_resid=TOTAL unit=NR nace_r2=I551-I553
Observation period
1996 to 2025 for Iceland
Provider update
12 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
Eurostat reuse policy (attribution)
Attribution
Source: Eurostat