Greenland opens up cruise tourism

23.02.2022

Another Corona restriction disappears. From 2 March it will again be possible to enter Greenland by ship for persons who have been vaccinated or residing in this country. Until now, passenger ships have only been allowed to enter Greenland if the ship has been at sea for 14 days, without calling at ports abroad, the Faroe Islands or Denmark or receiving passengers from there. However, fishing vessels are exempt from vaccination documentation requirements.

When open for passenger sailing already now, Naalakkersuisut will ensure that this year’s cruise season will not be affected by Corona restrictions. With the new rules, the only travel restriction is that people who do not live in Greenland must be fully vaccinated before arriving in Greenland. That restriction is provisionally in force until June 2, 2022.

“Naalakkersuisut is very pleased that we can now relax another corona restriction. This relaxation has a great impact on tourism in Greenland, as cruise ships can now be opened up to visit Greenland. It also means that the tourism industry in this country can now plan the reception of the foreign tourists.” says Naalakkersuisoq for Trade and Business, Pele Broberg.

“I am pleased that we have come so close to normalizing society again, however, we have chosen to maintain the vaccination requirement for non-residents of Greenland. Naalakkersuisut has chosen to extend the vaccine requirement until it is found that it is safe to relax this last restriction, Fencker said. Finally, Kirsten L. Fencker states that, “I would like to emphasize that removing the restrictions does not mean that the corona panorama is over. There is still a spread of infection and we are still monitoring developments and are ready to reintroduce restrictions if necessary.”

For further information, contact Nike Berthelsen, Under-Secretary of State, by e-mail [email protected] or telephone +299 34 66 90

The original press release can be found on the Greenlandic government website