Sweden cheaper than ever

Being a tourist in Sweden is cheaper than in ages. A hundred swedish kronor is equivalent to USD 12,16, EUR 9,03 or GBP 8,45 today. It´s a 40% drop in value of the swedish currency since april 2008. This means business for incoming tour operators and overseas agents. However, Riksbanken (the Central Bank) says it´s [...]

Here we go again

As I´ve mentioned in previous postings, Sweden is investing hundreds of millions of kronor in tourism development all over the country nowadays. It´s everything from building the worlds biggest wooden moose to indoor rapids, restored viking villages and witch hotels. Projects aimed to increase tourism in rural areas of Sweden. Sounds fine in days of [...]