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Inside Europe: The tourism boom in Iceland

Alexa Dvorson
November 16, 2018

A decade ago, Iceland’s currency collapse made the capital Reykjavik a convenient stopover on trans-Atlantic trips. Then word spread about the glaciers, geysers, volcanoes, and waterfalls. Today Iceland draws two and a half million visitors a year, and that’s got Alexa Dvorson wondering how well its fragile ecosystems will hold up...and whether the tour guide business could use an upgrade.

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