Tourism in Norway

  • Scandinavian tourist industry hurt by visitors murder fears

    DENMARK, 2014/03/24 Tourists have posted on Trip Advisor and confessed that although they have occasionally felt like murdering their children and spouses on holidays in Italy or Spain, the urges have become much additional extreme on Scandinavian trips. “On our second day in Oslo, I went as far as buying a firearm. I didn’t use it, but was comforted by guidance from Norwegian TV that in this part of the world, it’s extraordinary how quickly four-year-olds recover from critical gunshot wounds,” posted one mother on the travel site. A fear of being hideously murdered or being overcome with the desire to kill an extra is hurting the Swedish travel and tourism industry. “The perceived risk of being gratuitously slaughtered or coming across the shockingly mutilated and decomposing body of an innocent, partially-clad young woman who dies under mysterious circumstances is hitting us hard,” said Denmark’s tourism supremo Mike Smot at a press conference promoting ‘Murder Free’ holidays. “That sort of thing can really ruin a vacation and the insurance people simply refuse to provide additional cover for it.”