Ngokwamanani amatsha, abakhenkethi baseMelika baya kuba baninzi kunabemi base-Iceland kwilizwe labo ekupheleni konyaka.
I-Iceland yamkele abakhenkethi baseMelika abangama-325,522 ukuza kuthi ga ngoku kulo nyaka kude kube sekupheleni kukaSeptemba, ngokweedatha ezikhutshwe kwiBhodi yezoKhenketho e-Iceland. Inani labemi beli lizwe ngama-332,000.
Ilizwe libone ukwanda okumangalisayo kubakhenkethi baseMelika ukusukela ngo-2010, kodwa ukwanda kule minyaka mibini idlulileyo kuyothusa. Ngo-2014, eli lizwe lalinabatyeleli baseMelika abali-152 104 kuphela — elo nani liphindaphindeke kabini.
Ibhodi yezokhenketho e-Iceland yaqala ngentengiso ekrakra kubahambi ngo-2010, inxenye yolonyuso mhlawumbi inganxulunyaniswa nenkqubo yokumisa simahla ye-Icelandair, evumela abantu baseMelika ukuba bafumane eli lizwe kwi-layover eyandisiweyo ngelixa besendleleni eya eYurophu. Kwaye Imidlalo yeethrone Wadubula kakhulu ixesha layo lesithathu elizweni , Ukunika amaMelika inkuthazo engakumbi yokutyelela.
Ukunyuka okumangalisayo kwezokhenketho kubeke uxinzelelo kwizibonelelo zelizwe. Abakhenkethi babhabhela kwisikhululo seenqwelomoya i-Keflavik kumazantsi eli lizwe, ngaphandle nje kweReykjavik, kwaye bahlala ngeendlela ezifanayo. Bathontelana baya kwikomkhulu kunye nemiboniso emazantsi eIceland, kubandakanya nengxangxasi yeGulfoss, ipaki yesizwe iThingvellir, kunye nepaki yomhlaba yeGeysir. Ngelixa i-Iceland ngokubanzi yamkela abaphambukeli, ayingabo bonke abantu bendawo abonwabileyo kukuxinana kwabantu.
Kufana nokuba isixeko ayisosixeko sam, uBirgitta Jonsdottir, usopolitiki wase-Iceland, imbongi kunye nomzabalazo uxelelwe Umnxeba . Uthe iqela lakhe lezopolitiko lijolise ekuthatheni inani labakhenkethi abatyelela iindawo zendalo kwilizwe liphela kwaye bazise irhafu yehotele eza kuthi ixhase uphuculo lwezixhobo zabakhenkethi e-Iceland.
Urhulumente wase-Iceland okwangoku uphakathi kwisicwangciso seminyaka esithoba senkqubo yokhenketho (ephela ngo-2020) eya kuthi iphucule iziseko zophuhliso kwiindawo zabakhenkethi: Uphuhliso lwezixhobo zokhenketho luya kujolisa ekukhuseleni indalo, kwaye iqhinga lezokhenketho liya kujolisa ekubandakanyeni iikhonsepthi. uzinzo kunye noxanduva kwinkcubeko yase-Iceland kunye nendalo esingqongileyo, isicwangciso sithi.
Kwangoko kulo nyaka, abasemagunyeni kwezokhenketho e-Iceland basungula inkqubo yokufundisa iindwendwe ngendlela yokuhlonipha kunye nokugcina iindawo zendalo zeli lizwe.
Ekupheleni konyaka, i-Iceland ilindele ukuba ibamkele abakhenkethi abayi-1.5 yezigidi ezivela kwihlabathi liphela. Ngo-2010, elo nani lalingama-459,000 kuphela. Ibhodi yezokhenketho ilindele ukuba i-Iceland iya kuba ne-2 yezigidi zabakhenkethi ngonyaka nge-2020.