Brief | The Covid-19 pandemic put a devastating stop to tourism.How could we save the Faroese tourism industry and reach out to people who had to cancel their trip to the Faroe Islands?We invented Remote Tourism. The world’s first remote-controlled tourism experience. The concept enables tourists to experience the Faroe Islands via a local guide, controlled via a joypad on mobile, tablet or PC.On horseback, at sea and you can even remote control a helicopter.According to associated press remote tourism became the biggest tourism news story in the world in week 21.With 549 news articles. An an online readership of more than 5 billion an national TV coverage in nine countries.In just six weeks, 700,000 ‘visited’ the Faroe Islands and two weeks after the islands reopened all hotels were sold out.Like they said on CBS News:“What better way to show off a destination than to show that in the Faroe Islands, it doesn't really matter which way you turn. It all looks beautiful.” |