冰島旅遊業繁榮的祕密 金融危機和火山爆發!

Iceland has discovered the secret to a booming tourist industry: First have a mammoth financial implosion, then an enormous volcanic explosion.

冰島發現了令旅遊業迅速發展的祕密：先來一場巨型金融大崩潰，再來一次超級火山大爆發。

The collapse of the Icelandic krona after the 2008 financial crisis transformed this Arctic island packed with 35 active volcanoes into a top destination by making it cheap for visitors.

自2008年金融危機之後，冰島克朗出現暴跌，旅遊者所需的費用隨之下降，這個擁有35座活火山的北極島國因此成了頂級旅遊勝地。

"Iceland has been saved by the crash and the eruption," said Fridrik Palsson, who owns Hotel Ranga, "I have never seen anything take off so fast."

朗高酒店的店長弗裏德里克·帕爾鬆說道："經濟崩潰和火山爆發拯救了冰島，我以前從未見過這麼快的發展速度。"

Tourism is now the island's biggest industry, taking over from fishing and aluminum smelting, much as the financial sector did in the years before the crash.

如今，旅遊業取代了捕魚和鋁礦冶煉，成爲了該島國最大的產業，就像經濟崩潰前幾年的金融產業一樣。

The number of tourists has risen by as much as 30 percent every year for the last four years, according to Iceland's Tourist Board.

根據冰島旅遊局的統計，過去四年來，遊客數量每年以30％的速度增加。

They brought in revenues of $3.2 billion in 2015, a third of the country's export earnings. Many Icelanders are pouring money into services and new construction.

2015年，他們爲這個國家帶來了32億美元的收入，佔該國出口收入的1/3。很多冰島人都把資金投入到了服務業和新建工程中。

But there is growing concern that uncontrolled tourism is placing too large a burden on this small island.

但是越來越多的人擔心，不受控制的旅遊業正給這座小島造成太大負擔。

Housing prices and rents are rising quickly, forcing young people to live with their parents. Car rentals have tripled, clogging traffic. Littering and light pollution are spoiling parts of the landscape, many Icelanders say.

房價和租金快速上漲，迫使年輕人與父母同住。汽車租賃漲了三倍，導致交通堵塞。很多冰島人稱，垃圾和光污染正在破壞部分景觀。