Norway’s tourism board helped Disney with the creation of Frozen, believing that the film would boost tourism to the country. The plan worked a little too well writes Jon Henley:

• After the release of Disney’s Frozen, tourism to Norway increased by 20%.
• It set off a trend with an increasing number of movies being shot in the scenic Nordic country.
• One island’s roads are unable to handle the traffic from a sudden influx of visitors.
• Their waste disposal infrastructure isn’t built for these kinds of numbers either.
• And the most popular beaches are eroding away.
• Things are only going to get worse with the number of tourists expected to double in the coming years.
• The Economist though speaks out in the defense of such tourism. The magazine notes that it brings substantial economic benefits to local communities.
• And infrastructure failures are more signs of poor policymaking and governance, they suggest, than anything else.

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Source: The Guardian

Via: Mental Floss