Árni Finnsson
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Iceland’s Environmental Paradox
The average tourist is primed to think of Iceland as the greenest nation on earth. Advertisements endlessly yammer on about “pure nature,” and shots from ‘Game of Thrones’ and popular movies portray Iceland as a vast, cold wilderness untouched by humans. Every…
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Less Is More
Following the economic collapse in October 2008, the tourism industry became the fastest growing sector of Iceland’s economy. Today, it is the biggest breadwinner, earning more foreign currency than any other sector. The problem, however, is that the industry is growing too fast…
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Fit For Print
Tourism, it need hardly be pointed out, is big business in Iceland, an industry which in the years following the crash has ballooned, with more than double the country’s population visiting last year. But while making it into the New York Times…