Iceland’s tourists keep coming. The problem is how fast they leave

Hundreds of thousands of Americans will fly to Iceland this summer, and most will still treat it as a long weekend: land, race the Golden Circle, fly home. That quick version of the trip is exactly what the country is now trying to change. The part worth planning for is what comes after the sightseeing, when the tour buses leave and the sun is still high near midnight, and a growing number of travelers are skipping the drive back to Reykjavik to soak in a geothermal lagoon and stay the night nearby.