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It was Monday again, and what does that mean? Well, travel news of course! Every Monday, we present short extracts from the week's press releases on travel, camping and tourism. Stay tuned!

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First statistics on changes of ownership of second-hand caravans

April's registration figures show a continued increase in new motorhome registrations and a decrease in new caravan registrations, according to the Swedish Touring Caravan and Motorhome Association (HRF).

So far this calendar year, a total of 7,194 (last year: 7,770) changes of ownership of caravans and 3,445 (last year: 5,387) changes of ownership of motor caravans have been registered. In percentage terms for the calendar year, this means a decrease of 7.4% for caravans and a decrease of 2.7% for motor caravans.

ACSI Awards 2025: Best campsites in Europe

After the festive award ceremony of the Austrian ACSI Awards 2025 During the Camping Gipfel in Graz, the camping specialist ACSI has now also announced the winners in the other countries. These are the winners in Sweden:

• Best campsite: Båstad Camping
• Best restaurant on a campsite: Särna Camping
• Campsite in the most beautiful location: Johannesvik Camping & Stugby

The winners of the "best campsite" in other countries can be found here:

• Albania - Camping Legjenda (Shkodër)
• Belgium - Ardennes Camping Bertrix (Bertrix)
• Denmark - Henne Strand Resort (Henne)
• Estonia - Mereoja Camping (Körkküla)
• Finland - Camping Tornio (Tornio)
• France - Camping Les Sablons (Portiragnes)
• Greece - Camping Gythion Bay (Gýtheio)
• Luxembourg - Eurocamping Nommerlayen (Nommern)
• Italy - Camping Ca' Pasquali Village (Cavallino-Treporti)
• Ireland - Ballinacourty House C&C Park (Tipperary)
• Croatia - Camping Polari (Rovinj)
• The Netherlands - Recreation park De Leistert (Roggel)
• Norway - Gryta Camping (Olden)
• Poland - Camping Morski 21 (Leba)
• Portugal - Costa do Vizir Camping (Porto Covo)
• Switzerland - Campofelice Camping Village (Tenero-Contra)
• Slovenia - Camping Šobec (Lesce)
• Spain - Tamarit Beach Resort (Tarragona)
• United Kingdom - Camping Castlerigg Hall (Keswick)
• Czech Republic - Camping Chvalšiny (Chvalšiny)
• Germany - South Sea Camp (Wietzendorf)
• Hungary - Pápa Thermal Camping (Pápa)
• Austria - Erlebnis Resort Aufenfeld (Aschau im Zillertal)

Safety more important than ever when Swedes choose a holiday destination

Feeling safe on holiday is the most important factor for Swedes when choosing a destination. Half of all respondents in travel agency Ticket's latest survey say that safety and security are crucial when choosing a holiday - an increase of 10 percentage points compared to last year.

The marked increase suggests that global unrest, as well as reports of gang-related violence at home, have made the need for security increasingly influential in our holiday decisions. According to the survey, the price of the trip continues to be an important factor, followed by stable weather at the destination.

Greece at the top of TUI's list

Summer is fast approaching and for many Swedes, holiday planning is already in full swing. According to tour operator TUI, it is clear that Greece are the Swedes' favourite travel destinations this summer and reveal which hotels most people are booking. These are TUI's five most booked hotels in Greece:

1. TUI Blue Village Atlantica Aegean Park, Rhodes
2. Blue Star Doryssa Seaside Resort, Samos
3. Blue Star Atlantica Marmari Beach, Kos
4. Blue Star Stefan Village, Crete
5. Chrispy Waterpark Resort, Crete

Safari holidays attract more and more people

"Somewhat unexpectedly, we are experiencing greater demand for safari holidays than at any time since our start in 2007," says African Tours & Safaris CEO, Susanne Ritzen Österberg. African Tours & Safaris reports a strong increase in both sales and number of travellers in 2024, and the trend continues strongly into 2025. Last year, sales increased by 47 percent, and in the first quarter of 2025, the number of travellers has increased by 51 percent.

Two German cruisers come to the High Coast

The two German shipping companies Phoenix Travel and Hapaq Lloyd comes to Härnösand this year. Thus, there will be a total of eight cruise calls during the season and it will be particularly intense on 22 September when both Birka Gotland and Hapaq Lloyd's ship Hanseatic Nature are in the port at the same time.

The municipality and the Port of Härnösand have signed a co-operation agreement with the ambition to double the number of cruises by 2027 and increase international cruise traffic to High Coast.

Many restaurateurs at the Skövde Food Festival 29-30 August

This year there will be an even wider range of restaurateurs at the Food Festival in Skövde than in previous years. Many of those who participated in 2024 will return in August, such as Restaurant Sällskapet, Mattias Mat, Lilla krogen, Viltmat and Festivalbananen, but several new additions will be visible at this year's festival. This year there will be 32 catering outlets, 18 of which will serve alcohol.

SJ and SkiStar start co-operation to encourage more people to choose the train to the mountains

SJ and SkiStar are launching a partnership to encourage more Swedes to choose the train for their ski and summer holidays in the Swedish mountains. As part of this, we are working to introduce more departures and more express trains between Stockholm and Åre, as well as smooth transfer solutions for those travelling to Sälen by train. The ambition of SJ and SkiStar's collaboration in brief:

• Possibility to buy tickets for SJ night trains with longer notice
• More train departures between Stockholm-Åre
• Shorter journey time between Stockholm-Åre
• Fossil-free shuttle buses between Mora and Sälen ski slopes
• Easier handling of luggage at stations

Reflection of the week

Interesting that Greece is so popular with TUI. Although Greece is usually popular, Spain is usually yet more popular. Could it be that protests against over-tourism in Spain are having an impact?

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