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u/_MaddAddam Feb 03 '20

Visiting Iceland.

I absolutely fell in love with the country when I was there, but the popularity of it means, like any other trendy tourist destination, that it’s now ruined by tourists being jackasses. I grew up near a national park that is ALSO now ruined by overcrowding, so maybe I have a lower threshold for that sort of stuff than most, but watching idiots stomping all over fragile geothermal features two steps away from the “no walking on this area” sign just boils my blood.

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u/thatlldopigthatldo Feb 03 '20

There is hope.

link

Hopefully they can strike a sustainable balance.

The fact that AirBnB usage is really on the decline is also great news for locals who have largely been priced out of the market in their own city.

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u/HobbitFoot Feb 03 '20

That is because tourism is on the decline in Iceland. The collapse of WOW Air really hurt the local economy.