Photo: Sarah Woodall
ISG Tourism Manager Sarah Woodall has attended a networking and knowledge conference for cruise destinations and members of AECO, the Association of Arctic Expedition Cruise Operators.
Attendance is very important to get direct contact with the expedition cruise lines and their product development staff. It is also crucial to focus on the expedition cruise industry through this association as it ensures that the ships visiting our region are the most sustainable in terms of environment, society and economy.
In addition to their high requirements for environmentally friendly operations, statistics show that it is precisely the passengers on these ships that spend the most money per trip in the local economy (according to the report, Economic Impact of Tourism in Greenland from Rambรธll).
Sarah Woodall says, โ๐๐ต ๐ช๐ด ๐ฉ๐ถ๐จ๐ฆ๐ญ๐บ ๐ช๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต๐ข๐ฏ๐ต ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ค๐ถ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต๐ฉ ๐๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ'๐ด ๐ค๐ฐ๐ญ๐ญ๐ข๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ฆ๐น๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ด๐ฉ๐ช๐ฑ๐ด ๐ข๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐บ ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฌ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด๐ค๐ช๐ฐ๐ถ๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ข๐ฏ๐จ๐ช๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ด๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ท๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ข๐ค๐ต ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐จ๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ. ๐๐ข๐ฏ๐บ ๐ด๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ค๐ช๐ง๐ช๐ค ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ซ๐ฆ๐ค๐ต๐ด ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ฅ ๐จ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ต ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ถ๐ญ๐ต๐ด ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐บ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ด, ๐ฉ๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ญ๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ท๐ข๐ญ๐ถ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ท๐ช๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ข๐ญ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฆ๐ค๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ง๐ช๐ต๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ค๐ข๐ญ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ฆ๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ด๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด๐ฆ๐ด. ๐๐ต ๐ฉ๐ข๐ด ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ข ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ข๐ด๐ถ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ต ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฏ๐บ ๐ด๐ฉ๐ช๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ข๐ฏ๐ช๐ฆ๐ด ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ช๐ณ๐ด๐ต ๐ต๐ช๐ฎ๐ฆ, ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ช๐ค๐ฉ ๐ธ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ง๐ถ๐ญ๐ญ๐บ ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ญ๐ญ๐ข๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ท๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ซ๐ฆ๐ค๐ต๐ด ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ถ๐ต๐ถ๐ณ๐ฆ.โ
The first day was called โMeet the Destinations & Marketplaceโ, where we presented the region and had the opportunity to meet with client companies. The second day was called โAnnual Conferenceโ, with presentations from Arctic politicians on new legislation and initiatives, experts & researchers on e.g. side effects of ship traffic on marine wildlife and from members on the best community engagement projects of the year.
The conference supports our goal to follow the National Tourist Board strategy to focus more on expedition cruising rather than traditional cruising with large ships.
This year, a record number of Greenlandic operators participated, approximately 20.
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