{"id":226,"date":"2020-03-05T11:16:21","date_gmt":"2020-03-05T09:16:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogi.eoppimispalvelut.fi\/arctisen\/?p=226"},"modified":"2020-03-05T11:22:28","modified_gmt":"2020-03-05T09:22:28","slug":"souvenirs-from-sisimiut","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogi.eoppimispalvelut.fi\/arctisen\/2020\/03\/05\/souvenirs-from-sisimiut\/","title":{"rendered":"Souvenirs from Sisimiut"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Text: Emily H\u00f6ckert &amp; Monika L\u00fcthje<br \/>\nFilm: Louise Romain<br \/>\nPhotos: Outi Kugapi<\/p>\n<p>Few months ago, a group of ARCTISEN members visited Greenland for the first benchmarking trip. While we \u2013 Emily and\u00a0Monika \u2013 were not able to join the trip, we have been eager to know what happened during this very special gathering.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-233\" src=\"https:\/\/blogi.eoppimispalvelut.fi\/arctisen\/files\/2020\/03\/PB280751-1280x960.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"398\" height=\"299\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogi.eoppimispalvelut.fi\/arctisen\/files\/2020\/03\/PB280751-1280x960.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/blogi.eoppimispalvelut.fi\/arctisen\/files\/2020\/03\/PB280751-900x675.jpg 900w, https:\/\/blogi.eoppimispalvelut.fi\/arctisen\/files\/2020\/03\/PB280751-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogi.eoppimispalvelut.fi\/arctisen\/files\/2020\/03\/PB280751-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blogi.eoppimispalvelut.fi\/arctisen\/files\/2020\/03\/PB280751-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 398px) 100vw, 398px\" \/>What kind of thoughts they had given as gifts to their Greenlandic hosts?<\/li>\n<li>What kind of ideas and inspiration were born in those encounters?<\/li>\n<li>What kind of inspiration people brought with them as souvenirs?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The main idea of the benchmarking trip was to enable different kinds of tourism actors to share experiences, test new ideas and to learn from each other. This time the benchmarking trip was hosted by Greenlandic tourism experts, while tourism actors from Norway, Sweden and Finland got to take the role of a guest. This short text is based on the stories that these guests have shared with us after the trip. Moreover, the pictures and videos have given us a good chance to experience the trip from distance.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<pre style=\"width: 712px;height: 143px\">Sisimiut is 40 km north of the Arctic Circle. The name means \u201cthe people living in a place wherethere are fox dens\". Sisimiut was founded in 1756 and has approximately 5,600 residents. It is \r\nthe second largest town in Greenland.\r\n\r\nThe town is an important cruise destination for both expedition vessels and medium sized cruise ships, linking Nuuk and Kangerlussuaq with the Disko Bay area and Ilulissat further north.<\/pre>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>On the very first day, the ARCTISEN group had experienced a warm welcome in Sisimiut by Greenlandic tourism entrepreneurs. The opening activities had focused on storytelling led by Hilde Bj\u00f8rkli\u2019s (<a href=\"https:\/\/nordnorge.com\/en\/\">Northern Norway Tourism Board<\/a>) inspiring speech, accompanied then by stories from Norwegian tourism\u00a0companies. Hilde\u2019s message to all tourism entrepreneurs from the Arctic had been important and empowering. She argued that tourism entrepreneurs should tell their own story, underlining how \u2018<em>Your story is enough!\u2019. <\/em>What an excellent and powerful guideline for culturally sensitive tourism!<\/p>\n<p>The second day of benchmark had consisted a wide range of activities from product and service development,\u00a0exchange of ideas, souvenir shopping, music and hiking. According to many of the participants, the most affecting experience had been a soul-massaging workshop with Sanni from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.soundbynature.com\/\">SoundByNature<\/a>. In a small snowstorm just\u00a0outside of Sisimiut, Sanni had taught and shown how to breath in and breath out in the middle of the hectic world. A valuable gift that many had brought home from this trip.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 750px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-226-1\" width=\"750\" height=\"422\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"https:\/\/blogi.eoppimispalvelut.fi\/arctisen\/files\/2020\/03\/Sisimiut_final.mp4?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/blogi.eoppimispalvelut.fi\/arctisen\/files\/2020\/03\/Sisimiut_final.mp4\">https:\/\/blogi.eoppimispalvelut.fi\/arctisen\/files\/2020\/03\/Sisimiut_final.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The third day in Sisimiut had focused on community guidelines with Jesper Schr\u00f8der from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.destinationarcticcircle.com\/\">Arctic Circle Business<\/a>. The residents of Sisimiut have co-created guidelines for tourists who visit their home town. Many participants of the benchmarking trip had experienced that this was something that could and should be done in other destinations as well. You can find more information about the AECO community guidelines <a href=\"https:\/\/traveltrade.visitgreenland.com\/cruise\/#aeco\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-236 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/blogi.eoppimispalvelut.fi\/arctisen\/files\/2020\/03\/PB290789-1280x720.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"750\" height=\"422\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogi.eoppimispalvelut.fi\/arctisen\/files\/2020\/03\/PB290789-1280x720.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/blogi.eoppimispalvelut.fi\/arctisen\/files\/2020\/03\/PB290789-900x506.jpg 900w, https:\/\/blogi.eoppimispalvelut.fi\/arctisen\/files\/2020\/03\/PB290789-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogi.eoppimispalvelut.fi\/arctisen\/files\/2020\/03\/PB290789-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blogi.eoppimispalvelut.fi\/arctisen\/files\/2020\/03\/PB290789-2048x1152.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>During the first days in Sisimiut, tourism entrepreneurs from Norway, Sweden and Finland had been discussing how important and eye-opening it was to be a guest in someone\u2019s home village or home town. What does it mean to be a tourist and an outsider in places where local hosts live their everyday lives? Isn\u2019t it often the mundane details of the local culture that fascinate the outsiders?<\/p>\n<p>We will continue with these reflections in our next blog text from Nuuk.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Text: Emily H\u00f6ckert &amp; Monika L\u00fcthje Film: Louise Romain Photos: Outi Kugapi Few months ago, a group of ARCTISEN members visited Greenland for the first benchmarking trip. While we \u2013 Emily and\u00a0Monika \u2013 were not able to join the trip, we have been eager to know what happened during this very special gathering. 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