About 50 scouts from, among others, the corps in Brämhult, Dalsjöfors and Borås will be equipped with Google's helmet and a 360 camera this weekend to map the Sjuhärad trail.

Erik Johnson, project manager for nature tourism in Sjuhärad and himself also former scout.

- In this way, pictures and videos are collected on different hiking trails in the same place via ScoutTrails in collaboration with Google, says Erik Johnson, project manager for nature tourism cycling and hiking in Sjuhärad.

According to him, the aim is to gather hiking, canoeing and cycling routes on the same platform, which he believes is a prerequisite for meeting today's tourists, who book everything at home and want to see what it looks like on the spot.

- Then people can see what the hiking trails look like and maybe think "I probably don't need to buy any special hiking boots for this route". Or they can see where to spend the night and so.

Invest in nature tourism

Can't nature hurt if there are too many tourists in the area?

- That is exactly why it is so important that we have ready-made hiking trails. Then people stay there more instead of stepping out into nature and then garbage is thrown at the prepared resting places.

According to him, it is among other things the increased environmental interest that makes more and more people seek out forests and land.

- This arrangement is the starting point for a major investment that Borås is making in the area of ​​natural tourism.

The finish is Björbostugan in Borås. Half of the scout group will go from Sandared, which will be a distance of 12 kilometers, and the other half will go from Brämhult, which is 9.5 kilometers.

- Now about 50 are registered but I guess there will be many more on Saturday.