Norwegian tourism, then and now
Spectacular nature with high mountains, narrow fjords, skiing and midnight sun attracted the very first tourists to Norway. 100 years later, this is still the case.
Spectacular nature with high mountains, narrow fjords, skiing and midnight sun attracted the very first tourists to Norway. 100 years later, this is still the case.
"To study the Norwegian coast, with hundreds of thousands of islands, is like studying the country's metaphorical DNA," the New York Times states in a feature article about Norway.
The Preacher's Pulpit's Foundation plans to implement measures to help limit the number of tourists who visit the famous tourist attraction.
After several years without much increase, the number of tourists to Norway is now going up. 2014 will be the best season for tourism in Norway in many years.
Færder national park opens in august, and will be the first and only national park on the west coast of the outer Oslofjord.
There has been a record-high number of visitors at several of the Norwegian Trekking Association's 43 serviced mountain huts this summer.