Iceland has been experiencing a historic tourist boom for 7 years. 20% more tourists are flooding its volcanic soil every year. The Icelandic government is now considering whether to impose taxes or restrictive measures to better regulate the inflow in the country because the growing amount of visitors is not only positive for Iceland tourism – it causes price explosions, saturation of accommodation, or even modification of the tourist structure. +264% in six years, 20 to 30% more tourists each year, 23% of the national GDP... The figures are impressive. In the space of seven short years, Iceland tourism has become the country’s first economic activity, ahead of traditional fishing and aluminum production.

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