The Business of Scenery: Why America’s national parks need new management • Hacker News Board

Re: The Business of Scenery: Why America’s national parks need new management

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Post by jfengel » Thu, Apr 01, 2021, 1:47 PM UTC

lostandbored wrote: post #59

jfengel wrote: post #58

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That's interesting. I visited Iceland in early September and the Golden Circle tour bus was only about half full. I certainly didn't have the place to myself, but it was quiet enough. At that time of year it was definitely chilly but not awful. This was 2013. I wonder if a few years made a difference.

Definitely. Since 2013, Iceland has been advertised more as a tourist destination leading to more tourists.

Interesting. I had wanted to go for years, because Icelandair had been promoting "Fly to Europe, lay over in Iceland for a few days" rather than Iceland as a destination unto itself. Sounds like I nabbed it just in time.

I only had time for the touristy stuff in the immediate vicinity of Reykjavik. I would like to go back and see it more intimately.

Re: The Business of Scenery: Why America’s national parks need new management

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Post by knowaveragejoe » Thu, Apr 01, 2021, 8:19 PM UTC

EdwardDiego wrote: post #33

knowaveragejoe wrote: post #20

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I regret to inform you of this, but, American culture is essentially world culture at this point

As someone from not America, hahaha.

What country? I can guarantee you can name American cultural touchstones, but someone from another country - let's pick Brazil, assuming that's not where you're from - could probably not name any cultural touchstones from your country.

Re: The Business of Scenery: Why America’s national parks need new management

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Post by lostandbored » Mon, Apr 05, 2021, 4:25 AM UTC

jfengel wrote: post #61

lostandbored wrote: post #59

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Definitely. Since 2013, Iceland has been advertised more as a tourist destination leading to more tourists.

Interesting. I had wanted to go for years, because Icelandair had been promoting "Fly to Europe, lay over in Iceland for a few days" rather than Iceland as a destination unto itself. Sounds like I nabbed it just in time. I only had time for the touristy stuff in the immediate vicinity of Reykjavik. I would like to go back and see it more intimately.

Some reason HN didn't notify me you replied.

Weird.

Anyways, I hypothesize that some TV shows from taking place in Iceland brought a lot of attention to the landscape which was capitalized on by the Tourism departement.