Public spending on rural tourism in Sweden
Tourism is an important part of rural policies in European countries. An increased demand for rural amenities is seen as creating a more diversified labour market and contributing to the restructuring of the economy, from primary sectors and manufacturing to a more service-oriented economy, which ha...
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Geographical Society of Finland
2016-02-01
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| author | Åsa Almstedt Linda Lundmark Örjan Pettersson |
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| description | Tourism is an important part of rural policies in European countries. An increased demand for rural amenities is seen as creating a more diversified labour market and contributing to the restructuring of the economy, from primary sectors and manufacturing to a more service-oriented economy, which has been termed a “new rural economy”. As a result, and as often presented in many policy documents, tourism is now seen as a universal tool for rural development. The purpose of this study is to investigate the distribution of public spending on tourism in rural areas in Sweden. It focuses on public spending on the main programme for rural development, the Swedish rural development programme, but also on the regional structural funds programmes, from 2000 to 2013. Another subject of interest is how policy makers understand rural tourism as presented in policy documents since these documents, to a great extent, direct programme spending in terms of projects and their content. This study is based on register data on programme spending, policy documents and programme evaluation reports. Results show that a relatively small amount of total public spending targets tourism – mainly going to accommodation, activities and marketing efforts – indicating that tourism is still not a prioritised area despite policy makers’ understanding of rural tourism as expressed in policy documents. Thus, although public efforts target adequate parts of the tourism industry, they cannot be expected to contribute significantly to the restructuring of the rural economy. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-b87b235b1c3b4f32bc3da3146ac3d0c02022-12-21T20:40:10ZengGeographical Society of FinlandFennia: International Journal of Geography1798-56172016-02-011941Public spending on rural tourism in SwedenÅsa Almstedt0Linda Lundmark1Örjan Pettersson2Department of Geograpy and Economic History, Umeå UniversityDepartment of Geograpy and Economic History, Umeå UniversityDepartment of Geograpy and Economic History, Umeå UniversityTourism is an important part of rural policies in European countries. An increased demand for rural amenities is seen as creating a more diversified labour market and contributing to the restructuring of the economy, from primary sectors and manufacturing to a more service-oriented economy, which has been termed a “new rural economy”. As a result, and as often presented in many policy documents, tourism is now seen as a universal tool for rural development. The purpose of this study is to investigate the distribution of public spending on tourism in rural areas in Sweden. It focuses on public spending on the main programme for rural development, the Swedish rural development programme, but also on the regional structural funds programmes, from 2000 to 2013. Another subject of interest is how policy makers understand rural tourism as presented in policy documents since these documents, to a great extent, direct programme spending in terms of projects and their content. This study is based on register data on programme spending, policy documents and programme evaluation reports. Results show that a relatively small amount of total public spending targets tourism – mainly going to accommodation, activities and marketing efforts – indicating that tourism is still not a prioritised area despite policy makers’ understanding of rural tourism as expressed in policy documents. Thus, although public efforts target adequate parts of the tourism industry, they cannot be expected to contribute significantly to the restructuring of the rural economy.https://fennia.journal.fi/article/view/46265Descriptive statisticsEU policyRural developmentSwedenThe new rural economyTourism |
| spellingShingle | Åsa Almstedt Linda Lundmark Örjan Pettersson Public spending on rural tourism in Sweden Fennia: International Journal of Geography Descriptive statistics EU policy Rural development Sweden The new rural economy Tourism |
| title | Public spending on rural tourism in Sweden |
| title_full | Public spending on rural tourism in Sweden |
| title_fullStr | Public spending on rural tourism in Sweden |
| title_full_unstemmed | Public spending on rural tourism in Sweden |
| title_short | Public spending on rural tourism in Sweden |
| title_sort | public spending on rural tourism in sweden |
| topic | Descriptive statistics EU policy Rural development Sweden The new rural economy Tourism |
| url | https://fennia.journal.fi/article/view/46265 |
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