23rd Annual Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest People
Tourism Terror

Iceland promotes a strange collision of wide open space and intense clusters of global tourism. This picture is one of many I took that demonstrate how tourism can detract from the very subject of its muse. This cycle culminates in a deterioration of natural resources that is difficult to walk backwards.

Photo Detail
Date Taken: 07.2023
Date Uploaded: 10.2025
Photo Location: Iceland
Camera: Canon EOS Rebel SL3
Copyright: © Ian Hill