{"id":5995,"date":"2022-04-11T11:00:54","date_gmt":"2022-04-11T11:00:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.chanintr.com\/pages\/?post_type=journal&p=5995"},"modified":"2022-05-03T05:59:53","modified_gmt":"2022-05-03T05:59:53","slug":"far-away-from-far-away","status":"publish","type":"journal","link":"https:\/\/www.chanintr.com\/pages\/journal\/far-away-from-far-away\/","title":{"rendered":"Far Away From Far Away"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Text by Uracha Chaiyapinunt<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Newfoundland\u2019s Fogo Island Inn is situated at the edge of the Earth \u2014 or it sure looks like it when all that surrounds the award-winning Canadian hotel is acres and acres of unspoiled nature. Located on an island that\u2019s off another island, the journey here is an arduous one. Most visitors will take two (or more) flights, spend a night in a smaller bed and breakfast, before driving two hours to catch a 90-minute ferry. But I suppose that\u2019s the price one pays to visit one of the most pristine and remote landscapes remaining.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The 29-room hotel first opened in 2013 with the hopes of invigorating the local economy. After the cod industry evaporated due to drastic overfishing, villages along the Atlantic coast \u2014 including Fogo Island \u2014 became decimated. Then came Zita Cobb, a native whose successful career as a tech entrepreneur allowed her the opportunity to open a hotel that would change the course of her hometown, reviving it into a cultural destina- tion. Aside from being an architectural marvel, Fogo Island Inn is a community asset. It employs one-third of the households on the island and is a 100 percent social business, meaning all operating surpluses are reinvested into the community in a transparent way that can be monitored.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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