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Iceland Ice Country
Since now 2010, Iceland has experienced a constantly increasing tourist influx! In just 8 years, the number of tourists has quite simply exploded from 488,622 in 2010 to 2,343,773 in 2018, more than 5 times! Thus, the figure of 2 million visitors was relatively stable until 2019. But because of Covid-19, Iceland is only expecting 400,000 visitors in 2020. Iceland’s energy resources come from two main natural sources : precipitation for hydroelectricity and hot springs linked to volcanic activity for geothermal energy. Iceland’s small population (355,000 inhabitants), combined with a large dependence on imported goods and the level of taxes imposed on alcohol sales (a bottle can be taxed at almost 95% of its price) partly explain the high prices charged on the island…