Umhvørvi
Oyggjar eru ímyndin av ferium og eini flýggjan frá veruleikanum.
Tað, at oyggjar eru avskornar, er júst tað, sum ger tær áhugaverdar. Oyggjar hava sína egnu verð við siðvenju, vistskipanum, mentanum og landsløgum.
Men sum mikroverðir, eru oyggjar eisini meira viðkvæmar mótvegis til dømis fólkavøkstri og veðurlagsbroytingum. Og í dag er ein av stóru hóttanunum eisini ferðafólkavinna. Hetta skrivar tíðarritið National Geografic.
Saman við Traveler og George Washington University hevur National Geographic Center for Sustainable Destinations kanna integretetin hjá oyggjum runt heimin. Eitt pallborð við 522 serfrøðingum í umhvørvisvinarligari ferðavinnu hevur kannað umstøðurnar í 111 útvaldum oyggjum og oyggjabólkum.
Av hesum liggja Føroyar á fyrsta plássi við 87 stigum. Tvey stig frammanfyri Lofoten, Hetland og Chiloé í Kile, ið øll hava 82 stig. Ísland liggur á áttanda plássi við 80 stigum.
Úrslitið vísir, at oyggjar við góðum strondum draga so nógvar turistar til sín, at menningin gongur ov skjótt.
Tí er tað kanska ikki løgið, at mjørkalagdar, klettaríkar oyggjar fáa nógv stig. Men eisini nakrar av oyggjunum, sum ikki hava nógvar strendur, eru so vælumtóktar, at prísirnir ikki eru fyri vanlig fólk.
Náttúran dregur
Um Føroyar verður sagt: »Superb glaciated landscape with improbably steep slopes. Little flat land. Local society unified and resolutely Faroese, not Danish, with own language, etc. Built heritage, down to the grass roofs, reasonably protected, certainly cherished. Most tourists adventurous and well-informed. Cultural integrity strong. On Koltur, visitors can meet a farmer, tour the island, experience a living museum of farm life today, and sample local traditional cuisine. The farmer is part of a green certification program. If the numbers of cruise ships continue to grow rapidly, there may be problems with island carrying capacity.«
Og víðari: »All new buildings are required to maintain historic architecture. Quite rightly, tourists are expected to be like the Faroese, such as taking choppy ferries and hiking through any weather. The future could bring severe social and environmental impacts, but the Faroese are aware of the dangers and are debating solutions. This survey rates the qualities that make a destination unique—"integrity of place." It's not about consumer service, so a poor but unspoiled island like Palawan can rate higher than a Hilton Head, called "the best golf-course-and-gated-community island anywhere."
National Geographic skrivar víðari: »We selected mainly small and medium-size islands and groups, allowing a few larger exceptions with relatively unified character, such as Iceland and Tasmania. Since evaluating an entire destination involves such unquantifiables as aesthetics and cultural integrity, we decided the best measure is informed human judgment: a panel of 522 well-traveled experts in a variety of fields—ecology, sustainable tourism, geography, travel writing and photography, site management, historic preservation, indigenous cultures, archaeology.
»We asked panelists to evaluate just the islands with which they were familiar, using six criteria weighted according to importance:
• Environmental and ecological quality
• Social and cultural integrity
• Condition of historic buildings and archaeological sites
• Aesthetic appeal; quality of tourism management
• Outlook for the future
Experts first posted points of view on each destination—anonymously, to ensure objectivity. After reading each others' remarks—a variation of a research tool called the Delphi technique—panelists filed their final stewardship scores. For a list of panelists, click here.
The resulting Stewardship Index rating is an average of informed judgments about each place as a whole—all its many faces. Like the scores posted by Olympic judges, our experts' ratings reflect both measurable factors and the intangibles of style, aesthetics, and culture. And like an athlete, each island has a chance to improve.
FAKTA
Listin og stigini, tey 111 oyggjalondini hava fingið, sær soleiðis út:
87 Føroyar
84 Azores, Portugal
82 Lofoten, Noreg
82 Hetland
82 Chiloé, Kile
81 Isle of Skye, Skotland
80 Kangaroo Island, Australia
80 Mackinac Island, Michigan
80 Ísland
79 Molokai, Hawaii
78 Aran Islands, Írland
78 Texel, Holland
77 Dominica
77 Grenadines
76 Tasmania
76 Bora Bora, Franskt Polynesia
76 Fraser Island, Australia
76 Bornholm
76 Hydra, Grikkaland
76 Falklandsoyggjarnar, Bretland
75 Korsika, Frakland
75 Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia
74 Vanuatu, Melanesia
74 Santa Catalina Island, Kalifornia
73 Upolu and Savai'i, Samoa
73 Isle of Man, Bretland
72 Palawan, Philippines
72 Moorea, Franskt Polynesia
72 Block Island, Rhode Island
71 Ilha Grande, Brasil
71 Sardinia, Italia
71 Hvar, Kroatia
71 Jersey and Guernsey, Bretland
70 San Juan Islands, Washington State
70 St. John, U.S. Virgin Islands
70 Seychelles
70 Anguilla, Bretland
70 Nevis
69 Palau, Micronesia
69 Cook Islands
69 Prince Edward Island, Kanada
69 Salt Spring Island, Gulf Islands, Bretskt Columbia
69 Mount Desert Island, Maine
69 Réunion, Frakland
68 Bonaire
68 Sisilia, Italy
68 St. Vincent
68 Yasawa group, Fiji
67 Pemba, Tanzania
67 Hawaii (Big Island)
66 Out Islands, Bahamas
66 Bermuda, North Atlantic
66 Tobago
66 São Tomé and Príncipe
65 Cyprus, Turkish side
65 Bazaruto Archipelago, Mozambique
65 Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts
64 Solomon Islands
64 Jeju/Cheju, South Korea
64 Ocracoke, Outer Banks, North Carolina
64 Kauai, Hawaii
64 St. Lucia
63 Nantucket, Massachusetts
62 Martinique (France)
62 Corfu, Greece
62 Crete, Greece
62 Lombok, Indonesia
62 Barbados
61 Tonga, Polynesia
61 Madeira Islands, Portugal
61 Tortola, British Virgin Islands
61 Islands of Lake Titicaca, Peru/Bolivia
61 Sanibel, Florida
61 Santorini, Greece
61 Maldives (except Malé)
59 Grenada
59 Capri, Italy
59 Tahiti, French Polynesia
59 St. Kitts
58 Viti Levu, Fiji
57 Maui, Hawaii
57 Bali, Indonesia
57 Cape Verde Islands
57 Curaçao
55 Isla Mujeres, Mexico
55 Malta (all islands)
55 Guadeloupe
55 Mauritius
54 Mykonos, Greece
54 Federated States of Micronesia
54 Mallorca, Spain
53 St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands
53 Zanzibar, Tanzania
52 Canary Islands, Spain
51 Puerto Rico
51 Cyprus, Greek side
50 Antigua
49 Hatteras Island, Outer Banks, North Carolina
48 Aruba (Netherlands)
47 Grand Cayman
47 Roatán, Bay Islands, Honduras
47 St. Martin (Netherlands/France)
47 Cozumel, Mexico
46 Oahu, Hawaii
46 Key West, Florida
46 Phuket, Thailand
45 Hilton Head, South Carolina
44 Jamaica
44 Providenciales, Turks and Caicos
37 Ibiza, Spain
37 St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands
