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Holiday in Greenland? New airports aim to entice tourists
Greenland is an autonomous territory of Denmark and the world’s largest
non-continental island. As it lies between latitudes 59° and 83°N, it is icy
and cold. In Nuuk, the capital of the autonomous country, the average daily
temperature varies over the seasons from - 5 to 10 °C. The population of the capital
city is just around 20,000, about 35% of the total population of the island. There
are no direct flights to Nuuk either from Europe or North America, but that will
soon change. A new international airport is to open this month that is capable
of handling a jet carrying over 300 passengers. Then in 2026, another
international airport is set to open in a popular tourist destination, Ilulissat,
where huge icebergs are floating off the coastline. Since Greenland can be flown
just in four hours either from North America or Europe, it is expected to
become a popular tourist destination in a few years. But how many tourists will
be too many for an island with a population of just 56,000? While tourism will
certainly stimulate the economy of Greenland, over-tourism and environmental
impacts on the icy island, though it is becoming greener these days due to
global warming, are concerns of many.
Read the article and learn about the change Greenland is about to make.
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