For the camping chain First Camp, the government's announcement to lift travel restrictions is good news.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201dIt is of course incredibly gratifying, we have been waiting a long time,\u201d says CEO Johan S\u00f6\u00f6r.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Scandinavia's largest camping company First Camp, with a turnover of 400 million SEK in 2019, is experiencing a drop in bookings of around 20-30 percent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
With the government's new announcement, CEO Johan St\u00f6\u00f6r hopes that some of the loss can be made up for.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201d"It's incredibly gratifying that it's coming now, we've been waiting a long time and are used to having the planning ready already in March. Now we've had to wait until June and have had to work with many different scenarios."\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
First Camp has 44 destinations, 39 of which are in Sweden. A quarter of visitors come from abroad, which makes it tough despite the easing of restrictions for traveling Swedes. However, bookings have been pouring in recently. Camping at home has become an alternative to traveling abroad, Johan S\u00f6\u00f6r believes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201d"There is a lot of interest in coming out to camp, you have your own vehicle, you usually have your own kitchen and toilet in the camper or caravan, so as summer has approached, people have been booking."\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The favorite destinations are in Halland and Sk\u00e5ne. Sk\u00e5nska Torekov, for example, is popular, but during the corona crisis, more secluded places such as H\u00f6kens\u00e5s outside Tidaholm and \u00c5nnaboda outside \u00d6rebro have also become attractive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201dCampsites that are doing worse than usual are where there is a high proportion of Norwegian guests, such as Str\u00f6mstad, Lule\u00e5 and Karlstad,\u201d says Johan S\u00f6\u00f6r.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Source:di.se<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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F\u00f6r campingkedjan First Camp \u00e4r regeringens besked om att h\u00e4va reserestriktionerna goda nyheter. \u201dDet \u00e4r f\u00f6rst\u00e5s otroligt gl\u00e4djande, vi har v\u00e4ntat l\u00e4nge\u201d, s\u00e4ger vd:n Johan S\u00f6\u00f6r. Skandinaviens st\u00f6rsta\u00a0campingdeja First Camp, med en oms\u00e4ttning p\u00e5 400 miljoner kronor under 2019, upplever ett tapp i bokningarna med omkring 20-30 procent. Med regeringen nya besked hoppas vd:n Johan […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[557,155],"class_list":["post-236179","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-travel-report","tag-camping","tag-turism"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n