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Tourism HR manager: foreigners are vital to Icelandic tourism

A human-resources manager at an Icelandic tourism company says foreign employees play a crucial role in the sector and society, Vísir reports.

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Vísir reported today that a human-resources manager at an Icelandic tourism company wrote in a recent opinion piece that a large share of the company’s employees are of foreign origin.

In the Vísir piece, the author wrote that they see every day how invaluable these foreign workers are, not only to the company but to Icelandic tourism and society. The precise proportion of foreign-origin staff at the company was not specified.

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