Faroe Islands Tourism Maintains Pre-Pandemic Momentum
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Before the pandemic, the Faroe Islands was a darling in the tourism industry, a destination put on the map for tourism because of clever and creative marketing appealing to travelers looking for out-of-the-way vacations before Covid made those a trend.
So did the travel shutdown take away that momentum for the archipelago situated in the North Atlantic roughly between Iceland, Norway, and Scotland?
Not at all. The Faroe Islands is on track to see a record number of visitations in 2022, according to Guðrið Højgaard, CEO of Visit Faroe Islands. “We will set a record number this year compared to 2019, which was our former record year,” she said.
The islands have seen a faster recovery faster than other destinations. “In general, our business is not back to 2019 [levels], but the Faroe Islands is back to 2019 [levels], even a little beyond,” Responsible Travel CEO Justin Francis said. “The Faroe Island does stand as a destination where
