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TOD RING FACILITIES.
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pecuniary support to a large number of both secondary and common schools,
every year, for the encouragement of walking excursions in summer time on
the part of the scholars and, finally, arranges for lectures to be held and
collections to be exhibited, etc. Furthermore, the club has instituted a very extensive
collection of photographic views and in conjunction therewith has organized a
number of photographic competitions. In order to facilitate traveling about in the
picturesque and distant parts of the country, the club has not only had a reliable
and detailed Guide-book prepared, but has also secured other coveniences in the shape
of a number of Tourist Huts that have been erected in the mountainous districts,
quite a fleet of boats on the Lappland lakes, roads constructed, authorized guides
appointed, reforms effected in the hotel system and routes of communication, besides
discounts fixed in certain districts on fares, hotel bills, etc., for its own members.
Against the Rapids.
Picture by Johax TidIi.
By reason, too, of the importance for the country of tourists from foreign
countries having their attention directed to the advantages that Sweden offers as
a tourist resort, the association has devoted forethought to this subject, and has,
to a very appreciable degree, succeeded in achieving the desired result, by sending
out for distribution in foreign countries a large number of publications dealing
•with Sweden as a land worthy of visiting, by causing newspaper articles to appear
in foreign journals, and by means of lectures, exhibitions, etc.
The association, which is under the patronage of His Majesty the King of
Sweden and has repeatedly been the recipient of a subsidy from government
funds, has made such progress that its membership at present numbers upwards
of 30,000, while some 500 of these are its accredited ag«its or commissioners.
By force of the example this national association has set, Local touring clubs
have come into existence up and down the country, which, for the most part, are
engaged in working for the interests of their own localities as tourist resorts.
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