The ice fjord – a tourist hotspot

2-channel video projection
17:50 min

6 screens with interviews with:
Matthias Burkert and Matthias Hütter, German outdoor tourists;
Flemming Bisgaard, logistics entrepreneur;
Nukaaka Lund-Mathæussen, student of building services engineering;
Looqi Schmidt, hunter and lecturer at the College of Social Pedagogy;
Ulrik Amdi Sørensen, Chief Operating Officer at the four-star hotel “Arctic”;
Zhiling Xiong and Lu Jiao, tourists from Boston, USA.
3-6 min each

Courtesy ALPS Swiss Alpine Museum, Bern

The ice fjord is world-famous and has been a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 2004.

The icebergs that glide into the ocean here attract tourists from all over the world. They arrive by plane and cruise ship. And the numbers are increasing. Ilulissat is now building a new airport where large aircraft from Paris and New York will be able to land. Hotels are upgrading, but there is no shortage of critical voices. They warn against hasty development. Who will benefit? Who will miss out? What kind of tourism does Greenland need?