Guidelines

• Tasiilaq

  The largest town in Eastern Greenland is the gateway to pretty much every kind of experience Greenland offers.

• Ittoqqortoormiit

  For many guests, just getting to Ittoqqortoormiit is in itself an adventure, as the town is almost as far as one can get from any other inhabited area in Greenland.

• Paamiut

  Paamiut is embodied by snowy winter slopes, majestic wildlife, and a tourist density that will make you feel like the guest of honor around town.

• Nuuk

  Nuuk is the capital of Greenland, balancing commerce and culture with fresh air and stunning views.

• Kangerlussuaq

  Kangerlussuaq serves as the gateway to the Greenland ice cap as well as to the rest of the world.

• Maniitsoq

  Maniitsoq is situated in an archipelago of surrounding mountains and glaciers, intersected by small natural canals.

• Template for Community-Specific Guidelines

  Tourism is growing in the northern hemisphere. As numbers grows in both small and sometimes remote areas that are new to tourism, as well as in more urban communities, there may be a need to pay attention to cultural and social interactions between visitors and locals.

• Biosecurity Guidelines

  The Arctic remains one of the most pristine natural environments in the world. AECO’s biosecurity guidelines aim to minimize the risk of future introductions of non-native species to the Arctic.

• Cultural Remains Guidelines

  Cultural remains are the traces humans have left behind. They are storytellers of lived life and past times.

• Operational Guidelines

  AECO’s Operational Guidelines were originally developed with input from the Governor of Svalbard, the Norwegian Polar Institute, WWF’s Arctic Program Office, Visit Greenland, Greenland’s Ministry of Nature and Environment. They were adopted by the Annual General Meeting in 2004.

• Marketing guidelines

  The Arctic is an amazing region and marketing of this destination will include photographs of breathtaking nature and impressive wildlife, as well as people and cultures.

• Vegetation Guidelines

  Arctic summers are short, cold and unpredictable, but plants live even in the most barren places and the region is greener than you might expect.

• Cleanup Guidelines

  Waste is carried by ocean currents and washes ashore in the Svalbard archipelago. For almost 20 years, inhabitants and visitors have been encouraged to pick up marine debris when they visit the coast.

• Yacht Guidelines

  When sailing in the Arctic, consider the distances, harsh conditions, lack of infrastructure and the need to be self-sufficient.