7 Growth industries characteristics, part 3: Requirements

Sweden is becoming more and more unknown among foreigners, accordning to a recently published report by The Swedish Institute. “The reason for this is that the choice of countries being investigated changed compared to previous years” says Olle Wästberg, SI Director-General. “The other reason is that the competition has become tougher as a result of globalization.” [...]

7 Growth industries characteristics, part 2: pricing

Are you one of the lucky guys that are running a tourism business with more demand than what you´re able to supply? I thought not… they´re a rare species. Have faith, there´s help to get if you activate a network of distributors. One of the most effective tools to get others to provide you with [...]

Are you in a winning tourism team

Michael Moore, the famous American author, once asked his (American) readers: “So you think you´re clever? OK, who´s the president in Mexico? See… Most people in other countries knows who´s leading the country next to them”.  A quick glance at the Swedish incoming tourism market shows that, with a few exceptions, everybody´s basically promoting the [...]

Running tour operations in times of recession

So it´s not really business as usual nowadays? You´ve got some cancellations? Media are flooding us with bad economy news at the moment. Even though not much has yet actually happened that affect peoples life in reality, there´s a sense of urgency in the air. Keep smilin´ and be pro-active! There´s a lot you can [...]

10 secrets to tourism success

Tourism is an amazing industry. Someone has described it as the best product in the world: the customer arrives, empties his wallet and returns back home. Properly managed, tourism is a sustainable, profitable and very rewarding industry for any society. How come then, parts of it are fragmented with low margains? Well, from my point [...]

Do´s and Don´ts in Swedish tour planning

Cooperating with Swedish tourism entrepreneurs or suppliers might be a bit tricky, at least when it comes to smaller companies. Many of them are run on a family- or seasonal basis and not so used to be part of a program. Still they delivers extraordinary experiences and professional services to their guests.
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Be there on time. Show [...]

Sweden door-to-door

Sweden Door-to-Door is being developed in cooperation between RTS, the Swedish Travel and Tourist Industry Federation, and a number of public players. Sweden Door-to-Door will be the world’s first national and neutral service to coordinate all information required for booking and purchasing trips within a country. Consequently, Sweden’s entire range of transportation will be accessible [...]

Shortcut Gotland-MidSweden

Regional airline Sundsvallsflyg operates an interesting direct flight 4 times a week (summertime only) between the famous Gotland Island and Sundsvall city, which opens for an interesting tour with, for example Stockholm Archipelago – Småland (“the kingdom of crystal“) – Gotland Island – Midsweden wilderness without having to pass Stockholm Arlanda airport several times. More [...]

Open jaw Dalecarlia – Härjedalen

Another interesting possibility is NextJet Airlines, operating a flight on Stockholm-Mora (Dalecarlia)-Sveg (Härjedalen county), thus opening for an open jaw where you can combine the traditional Sweden in Dalarna, go by bus or the famous Inlandsbanan railway up to the wilderness in Härjedalen and return from Sveg.
More information Dalarna  &  Härjedalen
/Curt Landin

The historic Route

The Historic Route (Tidernas Väg, road numbers 272 and 83) is a genuine alternative for those of who long to leave the main roads and at a slower and more relaxed pace enjoy the natural beauty of the surroundings.
THE VIKING AGE
The Historic Route is thought to date all the way back to the birth [...]