How to get tourism business to Greenland
You have a tourist product that you think could be a winner, and you want to get it out there to as many potential clients as possible. But how do clients actually find and book your product?
Wellness Tourism
What comes to mind when you hear the phrase ‘wellness tourism’? A group of young women meditating on a beach? Someone receiving a calming massage in a luxury spa setting?
How to use UNESCO sites in storytelling for tourism
Partnerships are extremely important when creating tourism value through UNESCO sites. Making sure that the narrative comes from local voices with ownership and pride.
Is your customer service good enough?
7 tips to turn your guest experience from good to great
New From Air Greenland: See a lot in a short time
Read here how the Arctic Highlights round tour is a fabulous answer to questions you never knew you had
19 tourism trends for 2019
If you’re working with tourism in Greenland, it’s worth knowing the points which will come to shape 2019 and beyond.
FastTrack Visa Application for Chinese Citizens
The Danish Immigration Service and the Danish Embassy in Beijing has opened up a fasttrack visa application for Chinese citizens who want to visit Greenland. Where it usually takes 2-3 weeks to get a visa to visit Denmark, including Greenland and Schengen countries, through this method it will only take three days.
Towards More Tourism: Network, Inspiration and 11 Recommendations
The tourism industry met in Nuuk from the 5th to the 8th of December at the Towards More Tourism conference and the results are clear. New network, knowledge sharing and the formulation of 11 recommendations for the politicians have been the biggest output for the participants.
Why it is important to work with different media
And what you can expect from a media FAM trip
The Cruise Season is approaching - Are We Ready?
The cruise season is approaching, and at Visit Greenland we hope that you are all ready to make the cruise tourists feel welcome upon arrival and happy and content when they are ready to leave.
Why overweight luggage is an issue when flying in Greenland
We hear from Air Greenland about why their baggage limits seem so strict
Why it's worth getting to know Julia, Visit Greenland’s new Director
Julia Pars has great visions for lifting up the Greenland tourism industry as a diverse yet cohesive entity. Read here about what this means for your important role as a local or international stakeholder.
Tips From The Industry
Find Inspiration From Your Fellow Operators
Future Faces of Greenland’s Tourism Industry
Local guides play an important role in keeping tourism sustainable. Read here about a few of Greenland’s newest, and upcoming, local guides that you might work with one day.
Email: The Rule of Twos
Two minutes & two hours & two days. These are a few key deadlines when it comes to answering emails. How fast are you?
Hurry Up and Come to Greenland – But Stay Here Slowly
In continuation of a previous article 'Greenland as a slow adventure destination', Visit Greenland now picks up the thread to provide additional information and knowledge about the concept of ”slow tourism”
The Importance of Online Reputation Management and TripAdvisor
Tourists use digital platforms and social media channels in various phases of their travel experiences
10 forgotten facts and missed USP's about Greenland
This article focuses on useful selling points and product opportunities regarding forgotten facts and missed useful selling points regarding tourism in Greenland.
Be Sustainable - Buy Local
The sustainable tourism in Greenland is buying local services and goods. Read this article where we tell you how to find a full list of Greenlandic tour providers so you can work directly with the locals
How Travel in Greenland is Unique
If you have not been to Greenland, you have not seen it all. How travel in Greenland is unique - Read these insider tips and tidbits when preparing your guests for the unique travelling ways of Greenland.
4 Things to tell Your Guests about Food in Greenland
Here are a few tips and tidbits, in no particular order, that might come in handy when preparing your guests for their trip of a lifetime!
How Game of Thrones’ star trekked Greenland to another level with Google Street View
Via a collaboration with Google, Nicolaj Coster-Waldau and Greenlandic stakeholders created valuable publicity for Greenland.
Use our photos for free – but don’t forget the photographer!
Visit Greenland appreciates that the photo database Libris is used so often by stakeholders that download photos and use them to promote Greenland and other media products. Use our photos of Greenland from our Photo Database for free - but don't forget to credit the photographer. Read more about correct creditation here.
The adventure guide education on Campus Kujalleq
A new adventure guide education has seen the light of day. It is an education that aligns with the overall Visit Greenland strategy of developing the tourism trade based on Greenland as a distinct adventure destination.
How to Manage your Online Reputation
Your company is being talked about whether you like it or not. It’s up to you to be part of the conversation.
International Hotel Classification in Greenland
As of January 1st. 2016, hotels in Greenland will be a part of the joint European project, Hotel Stars Union.
Improved version of VG's tourism statistics website
The website tourismstat.gl was further developed with new data. Visit Greenland's new and improved tourism statistics website gives an insight in the rising tourism industry in Greenland and much more. Read more here.
Julia Pars will be the new Director at Visit Greenland
Tourism is growing in Greenland, which means new and exciting challenges for the industry. It is therefore with great pleasure that we welcome Julia Pars to lead the Visit Greenland team in the coming years.
Responsible Tourism Rising in Greenland
Sustainable tourism is “Tourism that takes full account of its current and future economic, social and environmental impacts, addressing the needs of visitors, the industry, the environment and host communities.” UNWTO, World Tourism Organisation.
Sustainable and responsible tourism in Greenland is on the rise. Read more about the 13 tourism providers or operators who are doing some great work.
Find out how to access Visit Greenland's photo database
In order to streamline your photos.visitgreenland.com user experience as much as possible we recommend that you create a personal user account for Libris.
Port readiness - An Easy and Manageable Preparation for the Cruise Season
The Port Readiness Program has been compiled to inform cruise destinations about the opportunities for local revenue, higher employment and planning of tours in relation to the development of the industry.
AECO’s Site-specific Guidelines and Greenland
We hear a lot about ‘guidelines’ in relation to Arctic tourism, and it can be difficult to stay on top of what each of them mean, where they are implemented and how they affect you as a member of the tourism industry.
A Quality Label Scheme for the Tourism Industry in Greenland
Tourism is growing and this growth is expected to continue with the new airports. Both the industry and Visit Greenland want this growth to be based on quality in the experiences and products that Greenland offers.
Q & A’s about President Trump's Statement
How have the Greenlandic People reacted to the news from the President of the USA wanting to buy Greenland?
How to use the new Travel Trade website
Learn how to get the best out of Visit Greenland’s brand new corporate site
Video Guide - How to Use Our Media Database
Did you know that you have access to thousands of beautiful pictures from Greenland that you can use in your marketing? However, there are some things to keep in mind when you want to download from our media database.
#2 Webinar summary of Preparing for Post-COVID travel to Greenland
As Greenland opens up for post-COVID travel, the industry is now working to reshift its way of thinking in order to deal with the tourism halt - despite the strict entry requirements enforced by the government.
Letter from the new director
One of the most important things in times of crisis is to understand the impact that it has on people's behaviour. When tourism starts again, it will not be the same as it was before.
Visit Greenland’s video is shortlisted for an Internet Oscar - a Webby Award.
Visit Greenland has made the ‘big league’! Their locally-produced video, ‘Future of Travel in Greenland’, which is about COVID-19 and their staycation campaign, Nunarput Nuan, has been nominated for a Webby, the Oscars of the internet.
The Icefjord Centre will strengthen tourism in Ilulissat
Kangiata Illorsua - the Icefjord Centre in Ilulissat - will soon welcome visitors inside. This new visitor centre will attract more tourists to the area.
Video guide - how to use Visit Greenland’s statistics
Here is a helpful video series about how you can make the most of tourismstat.gl, our tourism statistics portal of Greenland.
New joint marketing efforts to boost tourism in Greenland
With a new joint effort in the period 2021 - 2022, Visit Greenland and the regional DMOs are intensifying their work and cooperation.
Merry Christmas from Visit Greenland’s director
2022 was a historical year where the Greenlandic tourism season swung back in full force and for some regions, experienced the most busy season to date.
Greenland's Polar Bear Sightseeing: FAQs and Concession Rights
Starting March 2023, experience polar bear sightseeing in Greenland. Learn about concession rights and more.
New film to help tourists safely experience the Greenlandic nature
Asiaq and Visit Greenland, together with other Nordic partners, have produced a film about traveling safely in the Greenlandic nature.