Iceland goes to the polls and prepares for complicated outcome

Successful weathering of the pandemic and the lifting of coronavirus restrictions has reopened borders, providing a needed boost to the vital tourism sector, which attracted some 2 million foreign visitors in 2019.”The pandemic was a huge blow to the important tourism industry,” said Stefania Oskarsdottir, a political scientist at University of Iceland, adding that high public spending has fueled optimism.”Despite coming out of a deep recession, the average Icelander feels that these are good times,” she said.Polls open at 04:00 EST on Saturday and close at 17:00 EST with a final result expected on Sunday morning.