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Total solar eclipse boosts tourism

Hotels are booked, viewpoints are prepped, and special purple beer is brewing for one region in Iceland as it prepares for a total solar eclipse.

As parts of Europe head for a "once-in-a-lifetime" total solar eclipse, we hear from one region in Iceland on how they are seeing a boost in tourism in a year when they have seen a decline in tourists from the US.

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