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International Business Times
International Business Times
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Camille BAS-WOHLERT

Greenland Eyes Tourism Takeoff With New Airport Runway

Passengers disembarking at the airport of Nuuk, Greenland, which will soon the capacity for international flights (Credit: AFP)

A new runway at Greenland's Nuuk airport that can accommodate international flights is expected to lift the tourism sector, at the risk of inundating the Arctic island's infrastructure and fragile ecosystem.

To get to Greenland's capital, travellers have had to fly from Iceland or by transiting through Kangerlussuaq, a former US military base in the north with the only runway big enough for international flights to land.

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