Goals for tourism policy within the Business Policy area

The plan establishes that the countryside must not be drained, that unemployment is an enormous waste, and that regional policy should be pursued to reduce disparities with a more active state rural policy. Retaining a goal for tourism policy, by reference to jobs in the countryside and to the fact that the sector employs many young people and foreign-born workers, is consistent with this. The plan says nothing about the committee's reasons that the goal could be phased out.

• the countryside must not be draineddecisive»Oavsett var i landet vi bor så har vi ett gemensamt intresse av att landsbygden inte utarmas.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Regardless of where in the country we live, we have a common interest that the countryside is not drained.”
• regional equalisation»Regionalpolitiken ska därför drivas för att minska klyftorna.« (party programme ↗)“Regional policy should therefore be pursued to reduce disparities.”
• jobs across the country»Arbetslöshet är ett enormt slöseri med människors kompetens och erfarenheter.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Unemployment is an enormous waste of people's skills and experience.”
• active rural policy»mer aktiv statlig industri- och landsbygdspolitik« (party programme ↗)“more active state industry and rural policy”

The plan's overarching goal is full employment and that the whole country shall be able to live and develop with good conditions for work and business in all regions. The tourism industry creates precisely such jobs in rural areas and for young people and foreign-born, which also aligns with the plan's integration commitment that everyone who can work shall work. Maintaining a specific tourism policy goal is therefore in line with the plan.

• the whole country shall livedecisive»Alla har ett gemensamt intresse av att hela landet kan leva och utvecklas.« (party programme ↗)“Everyone has a common interest in the whole country being able to live and develop.”
• full employment»Full sysselsättning är vårt övergripande mål.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Full employment is our overarching goal.”
• regional development»förutsättningar för arbete, företagande och studier samt erbjuda goda levnadsvillkor« (party programme ↗)“conditions for work, business and studies as well as offering good living conditions”
• work as a path to integration»Alla som kan jobba ska jobba och bidra för att bli en del av samhället.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Everyone who can work shall work and contribute to become part of society.”

The plan sees tourism and modern ecotourism as industries that create many green jobs, highlights that the tourism industry is strengthened by culture and contributes to the attractiveness of rural areas, and requires jobs and development throughout the country. To abolish the specific target for tourism policy lowers the ambition for an industry that the plan explicitly wants to develop. The demand to keep the target is therefore supported, even though the plan does not comment on the target structure.

• ecotourism creates green jobsdecisive»utveckling av modern ekoturism kan ge många« (party programme ↗)“development of modern ecotourism can create many”
• tourism strengthens rural areas»Kultur bidrar till landsbygdens attraktionskraft och främjar inflyttning och besöksnäring.« (party programme ↗)“Culture contributes to the attractiveness of rural areas and promotes in-migration and tourism.”
• tourism as part of rural business»på flera ben som till exempel specialiserad livsmedelstillverkning, egen energiproduktion, gårdsbutiker, turism och naturskydd« (party programme ↗)“on several legs such as specialised food production, own energy production, farm shops, tourism and nature conservation”
• jobs throughout the country»Ett fungerande samhälle bygger på välfärd, utveckling och högkvalificerade jobb i hela landet« (party programme ↗)“A functioning society is built on welfare, development and highly qualified jobs throughout the country”

The plan takes no explicit position on what the committee actually decided — often because the committee's reason was procedural. The stance is derived and fully cited, but it does not show the party broke a commitment.

The plan establishes that the tourism industry is of great importance for the whole country's development and wants actively to strengthen it, among other things through on-farm sales of alcohol and better communications. Dismantling the special tourism policy goal means lower ambitions for an industry the plan points to as important for jobs in rural areas and for integration. The plan therefore supports the demand that the goal be kept.

• importance of the tourism industrydecisive»Besöksnäringen har stor betydelse för hela landets utveckling, och för att den ska kunna fortsätta växa krävs också bättre kommunikationer och infrastruktur.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“The tourism industry is of great importance for the development of the whole country, and for it to be able to continue growing also requires better communications and infrastructure.”
• actively strengthened tourism industry»Det är orimligt att lokala producenter av alkoholhaltiga drycker inte kan sälja sina produkter till besökare. Tillåt gårdsförsäljning av alkohol för att stärka besöksnäringen och utveckla landsbygden.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“It is unreasonable that local producers of alcoholic beverages cannot sell their products to visitors. Permit on-farm sales of alcohol to strengthen the tourism industry and develop rural areas.”
• tourism creates jobs»Naturnära turism och upplevelser kan skapa både förståelse för miljöutmaningarna och nya jobb.« (party programme ↗)“Nature-close tourism and experiences can create both understanding of environmental challenges and new jobs.”
• entrepreneurship as integration»Småföretagen är också nyckeln till att lösa många av de problem Sverige står inför, som arbetslösheten och den bristande integrationen.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Small businesses are also the key to solving many of the problems Sweden faces, such as unemployment and poor integration.”

The plan takes no explicit position on what the committee actually decided — often because the committee's reason was procedural. The stance is derived and fully cited, but it does not show the party broke a commitment.

The plan takes no stance on a specific goal for tourism policy. The closest commitment is that conditions for business and growth shall be strengthened throughout the country and that general measures for business climate and infrastructure are most important, not sector-specific goals. On that basis, the plan gives no support for keeping a separate tourism policy goal.

• general measures rather than targeteddecisive»Viktigast är generella åtgärder för« (party programme ↗)“Most important are general measures for”
• growth throughout the country»företagande, innovationer och tillväxt ska stärkas i hela landet.« (party programme ↗)“business, innovation and growth shall be strengthened throughout the country.”
• tourism policy at national level»EU:s kultur-, turism- och mediepolitik ska till största delen återföras till nationell nivå.« (party programme ↗)“The EU's culture, tourism and media policy shall largely be returned to national level.”

The plan states that all of Sweden shall thrive and that differentiated rural entrepreneurship shall be facilitated, which supports keeping a goal for an industry that creates jobs in the countryside. Jobs are also described as a key to integration, which aligns with the counter-proposal's argument. The plan's requirement for general measures in industrial policy at the same time pulls against sector-specific goals, which is why the support is weak.

• all of Sweden shall thrivedecisive»Målet är att hela Sverige ska leva« (party programme ↗)“The goal is that all of Sweden shall thrive”
• rural entrepreneurship»Även differentierat landsbygdsföretagande ska underlättas.« (party programme ↗)“Differentiated rural entrepreneurship shall also be facilitated.”
• jobs as a key to integration»Jobb, kunskap i svenska språket och det civila samhället är viktiga nycklar till integration.« (party programme ↗)“Jobs, knowledge of the Swedish language and civil society are important keys to integration.”
• general industrial policy measures»Näringspolitiken ska bedrivas med generella medel,« (party programme ↗)“Industrial policy shall be conducted with general measures,”

The plan takes no explicit position on what the committee actually decided — often because the committee's reason was procedural. The stance is derived and fully cited, but it does not show the party broke a commitment.

The plan does not address tourism or visitor industry policy and has no goal for the area. The nearest principle is that policy has an important task to prioritize and choose not to and that a large state creates a weaker society, which speaks against keeping a special political goal for a single industry. Based on that principle the counter-proposal's demand is rejected, but the basis is weak.

• prioritize and choose not todecisive»Politiken har en viktig uppgift att prioritera och välja bort,« (party programme ↗)“Policy has an important task to prioritize and choose not to,”
• limited political ambitions»En stor stat leder till ett svagare samhälle.« (party programme ↗)“A large state leads to a weaker society.”
• industry before political goals»Om något kan göras lika bra eller bättre av« (party programme ↗)“If something can be done equally well or better by”

The counter-proposal wants to retain a specific goal for tourism policy, referring to tourism industry jobs in the countryside. The plan points out the enormous potential for recreation and tourism in the countryside and requires a policy that makes use of rural values and makes it easier to create more activities and jobs there. Derived from these commitments, the plan speaks for continued ambition for tourism industry, while the plan does not take a position on the goal structure as such.

• tourism's value in the countrysidedecisive»Värdet på mineraler i marken, på skogar och potentialen för rekreation och turism är enorm på landsbygden.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“The value of minerals in the ground, forests and the potential for recreation and tourism is enormous in the countryside.”
• more activities and jobs in the countryside»Sverige behöver en politik som tar till vara värdet ute i landsbygden och som gör det enklare att i kombination med en väl avvägd miljöhänsyn att skapa fler verksamheter, jobb och ökad tillväxt.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Sweden needs policy that makes use of the value of the countryside and that makes it easier, in combination with a well-balanced environmental consideration, to create more activities, jobs and increased growth.”
• business throughout the country»Underlätta för industri och näringsliv i hela landet« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Facilitate industry and business throughout the country”
• policy for the whole of Sweden»Bedriva en politik för hela Sverige« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Conduct policy for the whole of Sweden”

The plan takes no explicit position on what the committee actually decided — often because the committee's reason was procedural. The stance is derived and fully cited, but it does not show the party broke a commitment.