格陵兰在文章中出现的主线是：在几个月前成为“特朗普接管”地缘政治争议的焦点后，重心已转回旅游业。2025年6月，United Airlines 首次开通美国直飞努克（Nuuk）航线，每周运送超300名乘客；整个夏季累计有约4,500名美国游客进入该约20,000人口城市，即约22.5%。该暑期创下纪录，国际到达量较2024年翻倍。2026年初围绕Donald Trump接管言论的僵局在“框架协议”后缓和后，格陵兰又将旅游作为主线发展。美国纽瓦克（Newark）航线今年将于5月更早复飞；4月开通南部最大聚居区Qaqortoq地区机场，10月再启用伊卢利萨特(Ilulissat)跨大西洋机场，以将客流分流至Nuuk以外地区。
文章同时强调了“增长伴随摩擦”。格陵兰约80%地区为冰原，陆路稀缺，出行高度依赖船只和直升机，天气可迅速中断运输。几乎所有生活与旅游资源都需外运，使得成本明显偏高：一杯拿铁约57丹麦克朗（约9美元），而冰岛同类约738冰岛克朗（约6美元），甚至一瓶水也可超过25克朗。高峰期Nuuk的Hans Egede酒店一晚通常超过350美元，去偏远峡湾或北极圈的豪华帐篷营位则每人可达1,400美元每夜。住宿供给仍紧张：2024年底Nuuk周边仅有586个酒店床位、357个酒店公寓床位、96个青年旅馆床位，2025年未新增；8月Nuuk机场因安检不达丹麦运输署标准临时关闭，导致一架载100多名乘客的纽瓦克航班折返；随后恶劣天气又致数十班次取消，数百名游客滞留，迫使Air Greenland在机场临时改建宿舍。
需求并非完全“顺风顺水”。Black Tomato的Tom Marchant自2016年起深耕格陵兰，认为该市场属于“冒险型早期客群”，但成本依旧高：其八晚行程起价19,500美元；Nuuk再新增500余床位预计到2030年前难见效；且本地劳动力多在政府与商业捕捞部门，旅游岗位大量依赖季节性国际工。Anika Krogh经营的Nomad Greenland在距Nuuk船程约90分钟的Kiattua Valley与Saqqaq设有两座营地，单晚超过1,900欧元（2,234美元）。两家运营者均在优化后勤细节（如设有遮挡的船只），目标并非复制Iceland，而是维持格陵兰“原始、戏剧性、以探索为核心”的差异化体验。
The article frames Greenland as shifting from geopolitical controversy back to tourism. In June 2025, United Airlines launched the first direct U.S. flights to Nuuk, carrying more than 300 passengers weekly; by that summer about 4,500 Americans visited the city of roughly 20,000 residents, about 22.5% of its population. That season was record-setting, with international arrivals doubling versus 2024. After early-2026 talk of Donald Trump's takeover settled through a framework agreement, Greenland is again prioritizing travel growth. This year, flights from Newark are set to resume earlier, starting in May; a new regional airport in Qaqortoq opens in April, followed in October by a transatlantic airport in Ilulissat to spread arrivals beyond Nuuk.
The boom exposed major frictions. About 80% of Greenland is ice, roads are sparse, and travel still relies on boats and helicopters, so weather can quickly halt movement. Near-total import dependence drives high prices: a latte can cost 57 Danish kroner (about US$9), versus about 738 Icelandic krónur (about US$6), and even bottled water can exceed 25 kroner. At peak season, a night at Nuuk’s Hotel Hans Egede usually exceeds US$350, while remote glamping can reach US$1,400 per person per night. Accommodation remains tight: in late 2024, Nuuk had only 586 hotel beds, 357 hotel-apartment beds, and 96 hostel beds, with no new openings in 2025. In August, Nuuk airport was temporarily closed after security deficiencies, forcing a Newark flight with over 100 passengers to turn back; bad weather then triggered dozens of cancellations, leaving hundreds stranded and requiring Air Greenland to create temporary airport hostels.
Demand is therefore split between adventure seekers and expectations of mass-tourism comfort. Tom Marchant of Black Tomato, operating since 2016, says Greenland mainly attracts niche early adopters, but costs remain high: an eight-night itinerary starts at US$19,500; adding more than 500 beds in Nuuk is unlikely before 2030; and tourism staffing is largely filled by seasonal international workers because local labor is concentrated in government and commercial fishing. Anika Krogh of Nomad Greenland runs two camps in Kiattua Valley and Saqqaq about a 90-minute boat ride from Nuuk, with stays above €1,900 (US$2,234) per night. Both operators are now refining logistics (for example, covered boats), not trying to become Iceland, but to preserve Greenland’s raw, dramatic and exploration-led identity.