The Faroe Islands remain closed once in a year

Thursday, September 7, 2023

The Faroe Islands doesn’t seem to have much in terms of tourism to speak of at the very first glance. Sheep roaming, single track roads, along with floating fish farms, that’s all one can see here. There are waterfalls with towering mountains but no tourists whatsoever. Direct flight connectivity from Copenhagen, Paris, Edinburgh and few more European cities can be found here, however, with its
single verdant runway and compressed airport terminal, it’s barely Heathrow International.

Chances are high that very few have actually visited the Faroe Islands. One might fight to locate this place on a map. This small desolate volcanic rock explodes out of the North Atlantic Ocean and is located almost 700kms southeast of Iceland and 300kms north of Scotland. However, its status as a developing tourist country that has permitted the Faroes to go for something exclusive in tourism: it closes its doors for tourists once in a year.

A partner at Mensch, Rune Hørslev, a Danish creative agency, said that the Faroe Islands had been great in growing its tourism for many years now, offering them a positive challenge. He added that it introduced the novel idea of ‘Closed for Maintenance’. Tourism went up on the one hand but in a sustainable way.

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