One country decided to deal with the global problem at the expense of tourists

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Into Iceland will enter a service charge for tourists. The raised funds will be used for taking measures to fight against climate change, the prime minister of the country Katharine Yakobsdottir on air of TV channel of information agency "Bloomberg" declared. Tourism is one of key industries of national economy: the share of branch in gross domestic product makes 6 percent. Active tourism considerably affects local ecology. For prevention of climatic problems Government Iceland made the decision on input the raised taxes on tourism, the prime minister told, but assured that first tax will not be big. A number of the Icelandic companies in...