{"id":203279,"date":"2019-02-21T04:07:03","date_gmt":"2019-02-21T09:07:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=203279"},"modified":"2019-02-21T04:07:03","modified_gmt":"2019-02-21T09:07:03","slug":"faeroes-to-close-for-tourists-due-to-maintenance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2019\/02\/21\/faeroes-to-close-for-tourists-due-to-maintenance\/","title":{"rendered":"Faeroes to close for tourists due to maintenance"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_203284\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-203284\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Faeroe-Islands-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-203284\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Faeroe-Islands-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"407\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Faeroe-Islands-1.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Faeroe-Islands-1-300x119.jpg 300w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Faeroe-Islands-1-768x305.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-203284\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The windy islands, inhabited by about 50,000 people and 80,000 sheep, draw visitors to their dramatic scenery, with waterfalls and abundant birdlife. (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/nigelhomer\/1196471196\/in\/photolist-2PJecJ-4eUoJC-2RwmM9-2NL2z9-2QvVbe-2QnhC8-5HjwLP-2Rwmmb-5DSQXE-5CdUJs-5C9MjV-5C9AFx-2QrcgH-acNKjp-2Rwisb-2Qr9vP-acRyhw-2NL1ys-2QqXGc-2Qr1Fx-2NL3d7-2QtYH1-gws3e-2PJaUG-2QAdXC-2NKXvw-2RwHgb-2Qvpcy-2Qr6k8-2PJcG9-2QvrW3-2RrWGZ-2Qr7Bx-acNGi2-5C9Djv-2QrBZu-5HpP5q-5CzM33-2QpvSD-5Aqvft-5C9tdr-5C9Ngi-2QpxUr-2Rwg3b-2Qr8G4-2QvRgK-acRkTE-2RrVpH-2QxC19-2QvTUz\">File photo<\/a> by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/nigelhomer\/\">puffin11k\/Flickr<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/2.0\/\">CC BY-SA 2.0<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>COPENHAGEN \u2014 The Faeroe Islands, an 18-island archipelago midway between Iceland and Scotland, is closing for tourists for a weekend in April \u2014 unless they want to help locals keep the rocky isles clean and unspoiled.<\/p>\n<p>Gudrid Hoejgaard, head of the local tourist board, says about 100,000 people visit the islands every year.<\/p>\n<p>Hoejgaard said Wednesday that \u201ctourism is not all about numbers,\u201d adding that \u201cour aim is to preserve and protect the islands.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Some 100 visitors will be able to join the Faroese Maintenance Crew in exchange for free room and board in late April, when they will work with locals \u201cto keep their green islands unspoiled.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The windy islands, inhabited by about 50,000 people and 80,000 sheep, draw visitors to their dramatic scenery, with waterfalls and abundant birdlife.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>COPENHAGEN \u2014 The Faeroe Islands, an 18-island archipelago midway between Iceland and Scotland, is closing for tourists for a weekend &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":203284,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[79],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-203279","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-travel","mauthors-the-associated-press"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/203279","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=203279"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/203279\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/203284"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=203279"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=203279"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=203279"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}