The European Tourism Research Institute (ETOUR) at Mid Sweden University develops and communicates scientific knowledge about tourism and travel sector as well as destination development.
ETOUR works closely with entrepreneurs and the industry, NGOs, and governmental entities. ETOUR is Sweden's leading tourism research institute. In 2009 it was instrumental in developing the first PhD program in Tourism Studies in Sweden.
ETOUR specializes in four areas of research: (a) Nature based tourism, (b) E-tourism research for developing, marketing, and managing...
Here you will find all ETOUR publications. If you find anything of interrest please contact us and let us know if we can help you.
ETOUR has approximately 40 researchers and PhD students connected to the environment, represents a broad range of interdisciplinary background...
Wednesday 18 June 2025
ETOUR works closely with Mid Sweden University's tourism programmes. Here you can read about Lanxuan Zhang, a student at the Master's Programme in Tourism with a specialisation in Human Geography, who did her internship at ETOUR during the spring semester.
Wednesday 18 June 2025
Tuesday 17 June 2025
Receiving feedback from colleagues within the same research field was one of the main goals when doctoral student Parisa Setoodegan embarked on a seminar tour through Malmö, Lund and Gothenburg to present her research.
Tuesday 17 June 2025
Tuesday 8 April 2025
The complex interaction between polar tourism and local communities. This is the theme of a new book written by Dimitri Ioannides, professor of human geography and researcher at ETOUR, together with Alix Varnajot and Marisol Vereda.
Tuesday 8 April 2025
Friday 14 March 2025
Since 1 January 2025, Coen van Bendegom, PhD student at ETOUR, has been elected as a board member of the World Leisure Organization – a mandate that extends over a three-year period. We have asked him a few questions about his new role.
Friday 14 March 2025
Thursday 6 February 2025
Over the next three years, researchers from eight European tourism research institutes will collaborate in a new development project to study the controversial issue of tourist tax and similar charges. In Sweden, the work is led by the tourism research centre ETOUR at Mid Sweden University.
Thursday 6 February 2025
Monday 7 October 2024
Planning, development and management of tourism resources was on the agenda during a PhD course at ETOUR – a course with participants from Mid Sweden University as well as from other universities around Europe.
Monday 7 October 2024
The page was updated 12/10/2024