Nature and Travel | Iceland Monitor | Thu 26 May 2016 | 14.50 GMT | Modified at 15.08

919,000 visited Iceland’s Blue Lagoon in 2015

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The 2015 annual report for Iceland’s Blue Lagoon paints a very rosy picture of operations last year. Some of the most interesting facts and figures are as follows:

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