Comments on: Why an online community?

By: Tommy Sollén

Tommy Sollén — Thu, 28 Jun 2007 13:15:26 +0000

It’s great to hear such positive feedback! You just made our week

By: Awais Jadoon

Awais Jadoon — Sun, 24 Jun 2007 10:32:42 +0000

Well this is a very good step in promoting thy country!
I really like the way these people working like a good team.
Well keep it up,there is alot more to make this site a selected charming site of the Europe.

By: Marcos Cerutti

Marcos Cerutti — Sun, 25 Mar 2007 04:11:07 +0000

Hi there.
Guys, seems a really inovative way to promote our homeland.. ok, Im not a swede hehe but well, deep in my heart ;-)p.s Im brazilian
Seems it will be pretty preciousto show ppl a new view about sweden. I mean, many ppl that never been to the country will have the oportunity to meet ppl from sweden, and plp that visit or just love sweden and with this, getting more into the country’s culture and all other related things we can found on this comunity.
Im absurdly glad about this, Im a guy in love with Sweden and I bet this new “tool” will be nice to help to promote this lovely and warmy country. I can tell, Sweden kick asses!!!

I would be able to help you guys in all ways as possible. anything, anytime, let me participate, will be a honour help this project

heja Sverige
Marcos Cerutti

By: Sue

Sue — Sat, 24 Mar 2007 16:43:02 +0000

Hello everybody… where are people of community? I’ve been on Sweeden on september 97.. Since then I had no opportunity to visit Sweeden at all. I’ve been in Goteborg, just passing on to cross the channel once. But I’ve been in Stockolm and Uppsalla and Dallarna with a friend of Sweeden. I hope hear about you…. my e-mail is rosesea@terra.com.br

By: Sue

Sue — Sat, 24 Mar 2007 16:36:20 +0000

Hello. I’m from Brazil and I’d like to have friends to comunicate, to talk about culture, way of living and ecology and envyronement protection. Cheers, Suely

By: Tommy Sollén

Tommy Sollén — Wed, 21 Mar 2007 09:07:22 +0000

Peter: Those are very good questions.
We have a good visitor base on our website and through a survey we found out that a majority of them would be interested in an online community from us. The popularity of online communities shows that visitors value the opinions of other visitors the most. So we feel we’re on the right track here.

Swedes seem to love their country the most when talking to foreigners and we hope this pride will also translate to the online community
Larger travel communities will always exist and they have their role to play. Although there will be some overlapping areas where we compete regarding Sweden as a travel destination we will be less commercial and more focused on the user experience.
We also believe that the official backing of VisitSweden will provide a greater trust and sense of credibility.

By: Jonathan Moody

Jonathan Moody — Mon, 19 Mar 2007 13:45:31 +0000

Hello Maria and Tommy
My colleague Angelica Gabrielsson discovered your interesting work in developing an online community for visitors to Sweden.
In response to the comment from Peter Lindberg, I have to say that I partly agree with him - there are myriad forums, blogs and other social media where travellers already share their travel experiences of Sweden and ask each other questions. However, I completely understand VisitSweden wanting to create a specific forum in order to promote the country, understand and engage with past, present and potential visitors.

In order to do this more effectively, I would suggest you check out our website http://www.asomo.net to see how we work with travel (and other) sector clients to help them understand and engage with visitors. As our client Margalida Picornell, Assistant Director of Balearic Islands Tourism Research points out: “ASOMO helps a destination adapt quickly to new needs and to new challenges.”

Please contact either Angelica (in Swedish, if you prefer:angelica.gabrielsson@asomo.net) or me (in English: jon.moody@asomo.net) if you would like more information.

By: tomas

tomas — Sun, 18 Mar 2007 21:35:48 +0000

what do you know about communities? hahaah

By: Peter Lindberg

Peter Lindberg — Sun, 18 Mar 2007 19:52:05 +0000

I’m curious, what do you see as the incentive for Swedes and prior visitors to Sweden to talk to potential visitors? And why would this discussion take place at the Visit Sweden website and not at a larger travel community/website?

By: Webbrådgivare Fredrik Wackå

Webbrådgivare Fredrik Wackå — Fri, 16 Mar 2007 15:51:33 +0000

Visit Sweden satsar på community

Visit Sweden bygger en community som ska bli “…länken mellan de som kan och älskar Sverige och de som är nyfikna på och vill upptäcka Sverige”.
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