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CAPITAL MARKETS DAY HALLDÓR BENJAMÍN ÞORBERGSSON | SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT | ICELANDAIR GROUP

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NUMBER OF TOURISTS ~ 800 K

Ι Is there a call for concerns regarding number of tourists in Iceland?

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NUMBER OF TOURISTS PER YEAR

Ι Around 800 thousand total tourists arrivals last year.

800,000 PER YEAR

= 1,000 visitors

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# TOURISTS IN ICELAND PER SUMMER DAY

Ι On average there were around 45K tourists in Iceland

on any given summer day 2013.

45,000 EACH

SUMMER

DAY

= 1,000 visitors

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# TOURISTS IN ICELAND PER WINTER DAY

Ι On average there were around 10K tourists in Iceland

on any given winter day in 2013.

10,000 EACH WINTER DAY

= 1,000 visitors

THE BIGGER PICTURE

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Summer (Jun-Aug) Winter (Sep-May)

Ι Average number of tourists on any given day in Iceland

Our own calculations

In thousands

HEAD COUNT IN ICELAND IN THE SUMMER TIME

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Ι Average number of persons in Iceland in the summer time

Tourists

Icelanders

∆ 30,000

∆ 36,000

325k

45k

THE NET EFFECT IS EVEN SMALLER

Ι Luckily, Icelanders travel abroad in the summer time.

Ι On average, there are ~20 thousand Icelanders abroad on any given day in the summer.

Ι Therefore, the net effect is much smaller

Ι Best estimate

+25K to total population

Ι 325 + 25 = 350 K as total headcount

7% EFFECT ON DOMESTIC HEADCOUNT AT PEAK

13.222 19.203 24.343

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Marginal addition of tourists net of Icelanders abroad Iceland population

TOURISTS PER NATIVE?

Ι Is that a helpful measure?

Ι At best Iceland is placed at the middle of the league of nations with population < 5 million.

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Source: World Bank

103,000 KM2

TOURISTS PER SQUARE KILOMETRE

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10,300 km2

LET‘S BE MORE FAIR IN OUR APPROACH

Ι Let’s exclude 90% of the land mass due to dense population and rough terrain

LET‘S BE MORE FAIR IN OUR APPROACH

Ι Let’s exclude 90% of the land mass due to dense population and rough terrain

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3,000 km2

… OR TAKE IT TO THE EXTREMES

Ι Let’s exclude 97% of the land mass due to dense population and rough terrain

… OR TAKE IT TO THE EXTREMES

Ι Let’s exclude 97% of the land mass due to dense population and rough terrain

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Source: World Bank

PREVALENT WORDS ABOUT ICELAND ARE POSITIVE

Ι The overall conversation is positive. We do not see terms like sold out, congestion, spoiled, or expensive.

Ι Iceland has mainly positive mentions

Ι Tourists are simply not talking about congestion in Iceland or at Iceland’s top tourist sites

Source: Ubervu

WE CAN ALWAYS DO BETTER

Ι Golden Circle with thousands of guests per day.

Ι Need to manage traffic better at top sites – number of tourists is not the problem – lack of management and infrastructure

Ι Urge use of market mechanisms with price as the incentive for changed behaviour key to success.

Ι Number of tourists should ideally continue to increase.

WELCOME MORE GUESTS:

ECONOMICALLY BENEFICIAL FOR US ALL

HE PROFITS FROM IT …

… SO DOES SHE

TOURISM & AVIATION LOCOMOTIVE OF GROWTH

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Construction

Finance

Retail and wholesale

Other

Tourism and transportation

IT and telecommunications

Fisheries

Metal production

60%

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-8%

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Tourism and transportation

Other

Fisheries

Construction

Retail and wholesale

IT and telecommunications

Metal production

Finance

Ι Contribution to economic downturn 2008-2010 Ι Contribution to economic growth 2010-2013

TOURISM IS THE SOURCE OF GROWTH

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Economic growth excluding tourism Economic growth with tourism

Ι Limited economic recovery if we exclude tourism

7% GDP ADDITION SINCE 2010

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GDP with tourism GDP excluding tourism

WHAT DOES THIS ALL MEAN?

Ι Iceland is not sold out – we are far from reaching our upper limit

Ι The upper limit is not static – it is dynamic and evolves and expands over time

Ι However, we can smooth the transition by focusing on managing peek sites better

Ι Tourism is the locomotive of the Icelandic economy