Two years ago TTO Scandinavia established the Vestnorden Travel Award where the recipients were three representatives for the tourist industry in Greenland,Iceland and the Faroe Islands.

The criteria were that the awarded candidates in the tourism industry were innovative or acted responsible and/or sustainable.

“We realized that this new spice to Vestnorden Travel Mart was a popular new event, and we have decidedto continue awarding the prize to West Nordic tourist industry,” Carsten Elsted, editor-in-chief and publisher of TTO Scandinavia says.

Each of the three West Nordic nations will have a winner. From Greenland the jury in 2015 picked Liisi Egede Hegelund from the unique Inuk Hostels I the capital Nuuk, from Iceland it was SiggiSkarpheðinsson’s Into the Glacier at Langjökull, and from the FaroeIslands, Birgir Enni, the of thescooner Norðlysið.

The three new winners will be presented in Nuuk September 19at the opening ceremony that marks the grand start of the 33. Vestnorden Travel

Mart.

“It’s still not known, who will be three recipients of the prize for 2016.The jury at TTO Scandinavia is for the time being collecting candidates, who fulfill the criteria for being the Greenlander,

Icelander or Faroese called on the stage on September 19th,” Carsten Elsted says.

He underlines, that everybody is welcome to bring forward candidates by sending an e-mail with a short motivation to carsten@traveltrademedia.com.

Vestnorden Travel Award comes with a diploma and a Viking ship with the name and prize-winner .