Faroe Islands Offer Remote

Tourism
April 23, 2020
6 Intermediate Culture & Entertainment Europe

Exercise 1

Vocabulary
remote /rɪˈmoʊt/
Adjective far from places where many people live; done,
happening, etc. from a distance

She is alone in this remote forest.

The company employs hundreds of remote
workers.
Although the campground is in a remote location,
we decided to make the trip.
He got lost at a remote village, but an old lady
helped him find a way to the city.

tour guide /tʊr gaɪd/

Noun a person whose job is to show tourists interesting sites,
buildings, etc.

We hired a tour guide to take us to the pyramids.

archipelago /ˌɑːrkɪˈpeləɡəʊ/ a large group of islands

Noun
Jakarta is the biggest city on the Indonesian
archipelago.
volcanic /vɑːlˈkænɪk/ relating to or caused by a volcano
Adjective
A large volcanic eruption has claimed four lives.
I came back from Hawaii with a much better
understanding of the geology of volcanic islands.

sustain /səˈsteɪn/
 Verb to cause something to continue over a long period of
time

The company has had trouble sustaining its

business.
That biotech company has sustained five percent
growth in revenues for the last three quarters.

slot /slɑːt/
Noun
a position or period of time allowed for a particular event

I'm afraid the slot you wanted has already been

booked.
Applicants must book a slot for the online test one
week in advance.

Exercise 2

Article
Faroe Islands Offer Remote Tourism

While people can't travel, the Faroe Islands are offering remote tours
that let people use the internet to control a tour guide and see the
archipelago's small towns and volcanic islands.

The tours were started to help sustain global interest in the North
Atlantic islands, where tourism has recently become an important
industry. It will also help people in lockdown see more of the world.

The idea is to make people want to come and experience the Faroe
Islands in real life, said Levi Hanssen from the tourist board.

Local guides wear helmets with cameras on them and take online
audiences across the archipelago while also providing information.

"If you ask them to go left, they go left. If you ask them to jump, they
jump. If you ask them to run, they run," said Hanssen.
Nearly 50,000 people joined the first four-hour-long tours, which are
offered for free, said Hanssen. Most people were trying to get one of
the one-minute-long slots for controlling the guide, which are given to
whoever signs up for them first.

The tours will continue until at least April 25 and will be shown on the
tourist board's website, and on its Facebook and Instagram pages.
There are also plans for a kayak tour, a horse ride and more.

The Faroe Islands are home to 50,000 people, most of whom live in
Torshavn, the capital city. There have been less than 200 cases of
COVID-19 on the archipelago and no deaths.

Exercise 3

Questions
1. How much does it cost to join a remote tour of the Faroe Islands?

2. Where can people watch the remote tours online?

3. How many people have died from COVID-19 on the Faroe Islands?
Exercise 4

Discussion
1. What are your thoughts on the Faroe Islands' remote tours?

2. Have you been to the Faroe Islands? If so, please share your
experience. If not, would you like to?

3. If you could take a remote tour of any place in the world, where would
you choose? Why?

4. Have you been on many guided tours? If so, which did you enjoy
most?

5. Do you think you'd make a good tour guide? Why? Why not?

Exercise 5

Further Discussion
1. How many countries have you been to so far? Which did you enjoy the
most?

2. If you could vacation on any island in the world, which would you
choose and why?

3. What natural wonders do you hope to see someday? Please explain

your answer.

4. What areas of your country would you recommend to tourists who

love the outdoors? Why?

5. The best education I have ever received was through travel. – Lisa
Ling. What do you make of this statement?