Originally Posted by
Bohemian1
"Overrun" is a relative term, I think. We've travelled there during Midsummer and, other than central Reykjavik, we weren't exactly inundated with crowds as we navigated the island. But I guess when you only have 200K people in a city, the Summer tourism season does make an impact. But not as bad as Paris, London, Rome and many other cities.
I'd say Reykjavik is definitely overrun. They're having serious housing issues at this point for people who live there because of airBnB. There may not be a major globally known attraction like the Louvre or the Eiffel Tower or the Colosseum, but Iceland gets over 1 million tourists per year - mostly in the summer. The difference is that cities like Paris and Rome have the infrastructure to manage that many people coming and going. Iceland isn't there yet and they keep getting more popular, especially with the stopover programs and inexpensive flights.