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Mount Etna’s spectacular eruption is creating a tourism paradox in Sicily. Visitors are flocking to see the lava while volcanic ash cancels flights, strands thousands of passengers, and disrupts peak-season travel. With no mass evacuation underway, the eruption reveals both Etna’s extraordinary tourism appeal and Sicily’s vulnerability to aviation disruption. Flights were canceled across the Mediterranean. SOURCE: Mount Etna Eruption Creates a Tourism Boom and Travel Nightmare in Sicily BY: eTurboNews