A video worth watching
Some awards we have received include:
- Webby People’s Choice Awards
Winner of the “The People’s Voice Award” in the category “Travel and Adventure”, against strong candidates such as Tourism New Zealand and CNN. Visit Greenland’s video was selected from 13,500 entries from 70 countries.
- Deauville Green Awards
Winner of the Silver Green Award in the largest version of the Deauville Green Awards to date, in the category “Beyond COVID”. More than 500 films were entered from 35 different lands.
- Art&Tur Film Festival
Second prize in this International Tourism Film Festival in the category ‘Tourism Innovation’. 149 films were submitted from 31 countries.
Webby: Winning speech in five words
“The Future’s Not for Sale”
The short speech also refers to the Greenlandic Government’s focus on responsible and sustainable tourism.
Greenland is one of the countries where climate change comes to a climax, with average temperature increases that are twice as high as the average for the whole world. The winning video was created to encourage Greenlanders to travel around their own country while there were restrictions on international flights and travel.
About the video
Future of travel in Greenland: flattening the curve of the coronavirus
Originally created as a country presentation for Vestnorden 2020, this video was made to show the Greenland tourism industry’s resilience when the world shut down.
A local staycation campaign, Nunarput Nuan, was launched and embraced by its residents. We also wanted to be positive and show that good things can come out of difficult times.
For Greenland, new products emerged and were tried and tested by the locals. When the world opens again, we look forward to inviting you to sheep farms, stand-up paddling in icefjords, and great hikes to basalt columns and black beaches! 100% tried and tested by locals!