In the last week went the news that the Faroe islands shut down for tourism in the last weekend in april, the world around.
It was the country’s tourist board Visit Faroe Islands, which had issued the notice.
Turistrådet wrote among other things in their press release that: ‘In one weekend in the spring of 2019, will the Faroe islands be closed to tourists.’
It got frustrated travelers to call and complain to their travel agent and other ferieorganisationer on the Faroe islands.
The write Standby.dk.
Standby.dk had met a number of representatives from the country’s tourism organizations at the holiday fair Holiday for all in the Herning Exhibition centre.
Here was the message that tourists can absolutely visit the Faroe islands, but that this is just some of the major sights, which closes for maintenance.
– We have not been given any advance information on this weekend-closing from the Faroe islands tourist board. After the story came out the other day, we have had several inquiries from customers outside the Faroe islands, who have booked guests to visit us this weekend, was said to Standby.dk
Representatives from the agencies as well as the Green Gate and the company It Line, which sails from Hirtshals to Faroe islands, called the Visit Faroe Islands’ actions a PUBLICITY stunt, which has no hold in reality.
Ekstra Bladet has spoken with Visit Faroe Islands, which maintains that ‘history’ and the action was not false. Anyway does it sound now that it is the ten biggest attractions on the islands, which will be closed for maintenance on the 26. 28. april – and not the whole country.
– of Course this is not a false story. This is a combined destinationsudviklings and marketingprojekt, where the aim therefore is to implement concrete projects at popular tourist sites, as well as to put the focus on the Faroe islands as a tourist destination in the world, sounds from Guðrið Højgaard, director of turistrådet.
– We are going to put the closed for maintenance closed for maintenance, red) signs in the areas, so that people know that it is a work area, as you do not have access to. Country Faroe islands of course we can not close, but overall, the ’tourist Islands’ closed.
100 visitors could be allowed to come and get a free stay in the country, if you helped with the maintenance. The interest for it in turn has been huge.
Over 3500 people from all over the world have applied, and the 100 seats were therefore torn away.
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