The Product of Fantasy and Themed Hotels in remote peripheral locations of Northern Sweden: Case of Treehotel, Stora Hotellet and ‘Rock Hotel’.

Very often remote peripheral locations with scarce unique attractions find it difficult to attract investment and development in many spheres including tourism. Yet some innovative entrepreneurs have taken advatage of some of these locations, using the natural resources (though not scarce) that they...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Nangah, Angyrette
Format: Bachelor Thesis
Language:English
Published: Umeå universitet, Kulturgeografi 2016
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Online Access:http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-115276
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Summary:Very often remote peripheral locations with scarce unique attractions find it difficult to attract investment and development in many spheres including tourism. Yet some innovative entrepreneurs have taken advatage of some of these locations, using the natural resources (though not scarce) that they posses to develop themed tourism. The success of these themed establishments located in remote peripheries is renounced as they attract tourists world wide. This thesis therefore explores the fantasy and themed hotel product and location as elements of attraction in peripheral locations. Information obtained through consultation with expersts will not only bring new knowlege to academia on the subject; it would also be useful in planning new themed destination products in the periphery since it provides inside knowledge on what to consider when setting up establishments of like characteristics.