Faroe Islands (TAN): Major tourism sites on the Faroe Islands, situated bang in the middle of the triangle if one were to connect the UK, Iceland and Norway on a map, would remain closed for tourists over the April 26-27 weekend for “maintenance”. However, they will be open to volunteers who wish to help maintain them.
“The Faroe Islands will provide free food and stay for everyone who helps out,” said the Prime Minister of the islands, Aksel V. Johannesen. Volunteers have to pay for their flight but reports said special fares have been arranged.
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In what has turned out to be a popular campaign for tourism on the unspoilt islands, volunteers will help create walking paths in well-trodden areas, build viewpoints and erect signs that help with wayfinding.
“We invite volunteers from abroad to lend us a helping hand working side by side with locals maintaining walking trails, fences and view points to preserve our beautiful nature,” the Prime Minister said.
The volunteers will be welcome to extend their stay on the island should they want it.
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The campaign, which sought a hundred volunteers, received more than a thousand entries within a day of the message being out. The marketing team of the destination is delighted.
“It’s hard work, but we’ll also try to give them a memorable weekend and we’ll end with a great party,” Skift quoted Guðrið Højgaard of Visit Faroe Islands as saying.
“We could see that more tourists affect nature, which is very vulnerable here,” Højgaard said. “We could see that the paths were getting in bad condition because too many people had been walking there.”
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The Faroe Islands are a group of volcanic islands in the North Atlantic which welcome around 100,000 visitors every year who come to see the spectacular landscapes with rugged cliffs, sea caves and waterfalls.
The islands have a population of 50,000 Faroese people who own as many as 80,000 sheep.
The islands currently have no overtourism problems.
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