Tourism
in Sweden has increased dramatically in recent years. What
can be called "nature tourism" still accounts for
most of the travel. Sweden's exceptional natural scenery
and enormous tracts of untouched wilderness are a major attraction
to the inhabitants of more densely populated parts of Europe
and the world. People from around the globe travel to Lapland
to experience the magnificent natural scenery and such exotic
phenomena as the midnight sun, the aurora borealis (northern
lights), Arctic chill and total silence. During the warmer
half of the year, people mainly from other countries travel
to all parts of Sweden to enjoy the luxury of peaceful solitude
in a splendid natural setting.
However, the type of tourism
in Sweden that has grown the fastest by far in recent years
is big-city tourism. Stockholm
has become
a world attraction, luring tourists from all over the world
with its unique mixture of natural beauty, cultural heritage
and modern
international urban culture, including its dynamic design,
fashion, gastronomic, music, art and entertainment scenes. The
country's
second-largest city, Göteborg (Gothenburg), is a hub for
maritime traffic on the North Sea and also has plenty to offer
people in
search of entertainment and cultural experiences. Since the opening
of the Öresund Bridge, Sweden's third-largest city, Malmö,
has joined the Danish capital of Copenhagen to form an exciting
new multi country experience.
