The 7.4m-high, sky-blue monolith is more fun than functional, but no postcards would have been sent when the Faroes Islands “closed for maintenance” in April 2019. One recipient was the Faroe Islands’ highest mountain, Slættaratindur, on the second-largest island of Eysturoy. Guðrið Højgaard, director at Visit Faroe Islands, says, “It resonated with the zeitgeist – the fact that destinations were talking about over-tourism but not doing much about it. Kirsten by the world’s largest postbox on the Faroe Islands (Photo: Supplied)But make no mistake: this remains a wilderness. As Højgaard puts it, the islands want to “be sure to manage tourism before tourism manages us”.

Source: Daily Nation July 16, 2021 06:00 UTC