This historical study explains how the Åre Valley in Sweden started as a health-oriented destination with local residents providing accommodation and services for visitors from the aristocracy. The article points to the importance of the arrival of the railway and the influx of external forces for establishing accommodation and catering facilities. A significant feature of the development of the destination was the conflict between actors in their efforts to gain control of the inner infrastructure and booking systems. The market has undergone a substantial shift from being focused on the aristocracy to becoming accessible to the whole of society. The part played by the state has steadily increased since the 1930s when the political will was to support working-class tourism. There was a period of tourism for all, with implications for local residents to the more business-oriented role of tourism today.
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Per Åke Nilsson (2001) studied this question.