A Divided City: How Cruise Tourism Started in Two the Capital of Greenland's Iceberg

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The mayor of Ilulissat has called protests because local tour operators are excluded from a booming sectorNorway, the climate shelter that now fears the environmental impact of excessive tourism It is known as the “world capital of the icebergs”, but for the mayor of Ilulissat, in northern Greenland, it is also a divided city, where friends and neighbors have stopped talking about a dispute around cruises that bring tourists to see their ice won…

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A record number of tourists have visited Greenland this summer. New opportunities are being created for the economy, according to KNR news, but there are also fears that the wage gap may increase and that smaller and more traditional settlements will struggle to cope with the pressure. After a new airport was opened in Nuuk, people can fly directly to Greenland from the United States and Europe, and many are also arriving there by large passenge…