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  • German Tourist Causes Damage To Nature Reserve

    German Tourist Causes Damage To Nature Reserve

    German adventurer Peter Ruppert posted videos showing reckless driving with a large truck in the Icelandic countryside. The incident was discussed in the Facebook group “Ferðafrelsi” (Freedom of Travel), reports RÚV. One of the videos shows how the truck, weighing about fourteen…

  • Government To Charge For Iceland’s Nature

    Government To Charge For Iceland’s Nature

    With the annual turnover of overseas visitors set to break the one million mark for the first time this year, Icelandic politicians, companies and citizens have long been considering how best to cope with growing pains connected to the country’s tourism explosion. The problem…