21.12137/AEL2FAOffice of the Government of the Republic of LithuaniaLT: LithuaniaLithuanian Data Archive for SSH (LiDA)2021Social Sciencesleisure timepublic imageholidays abroadrecreational facilitiestourist facilitiestravelCultural and national identityLeisure, tourism and sportCenter for Data Analysis and Archiving (DAtA)Faculty of Social Sciences, Arts and Humanities, Kaunas University of Technology, LithuaniaMatulaitienė, RūtaRūtaMatulaitienė"UAB KOG Institute", Lithuania [Project Leader]Ambrazevičienė, AgnėAgnėAmbrazevičienė"UAB KOG Institute", Lithuania [Project Member] [ORCID: 0000-0002-0912-9922]Gečienė, IngridaIngridaGečienėNon-profit organisation "Social Innovations Institute", Lithuania [Project Member] [ORCID: 0000-0002-7174-7959]Kanopkaitė, SandraSandraKanopkaitėNon-profit organisation "Social Innovations Institute", Lithuania [Project Member]Nevinskaitė, LaimaLaimaNevinskaitėNon-profit organisation "Social Innovations Institute", Lithuania [Project Member] [ORCID: 0000-0002-0912-9922]Urbonavičiūtė, JovitaJovitaUrbonavičiūtėUAB "Norstat LT", Lithuania [Project Member]Žvaliauskas, Giedrius (Center for Data Analysis and Archiving (DAtA), Faculty of Social Sciences, Arts and Humanities, Kaunas University of Technology, Lithuania [ORCID: 0000-0001-8970-0756])Burbienė, Diana (Center for Data Analysis and Archiving (DAtA), Faculty of Social Sciences, Arts and Humanities, Kaunas University of Technology, Lithuania [ORCID: 0000-0002-8435-090X])Lithuanian Data Archive for Social Sciences and HumanitiesCenter for Data Analysis and Archiving (DAtA), Faculty of Social Sciences, Arts and Humanities, Kaunas University of Technology, Lithuania2021-10-282019-07-092021-03-232025-03-102021-06-20/2019-07-09Survey dataLiDA_SurveyData_0418103658656620171206622516616702393696application/x-gziptext/tab-separated-valuesapplication/x-gzipapplication/pdfapplication/pdfapplication/vnd.ms-excel3.3<b><i>The purpose of the study</i></b>: assess knowledge of the Swedish population about Lithuania and its inhabitants. <br> <b><i>Major investigated questions</i></b>: respondents were asked whether they heard about Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia, whether they know much about these countries and could name their capitals, and finally whether they would like to visit these countries. Further, the questions were only related to Lithuania. It was wanted to know how much the respondents know about Lithuania and with which region they would most likely associate this country. Those who think that Lithuania is not worth a trip or who have doubts about visiting Lithuania were asked to give their reasons in group of questions. After a group of questions, respondents that formerly visited Lithuania were asked to answer what made them visit Lithuania, what they liked and what they did not like about the country. When asked to imagine that they were planning to visit a European country, and after being asked a group of questions, it was wanted to know what would have the most influence on such a decision. Respondents were asked to rate whether Lithuania's membership in the EU, NATO and the OECD was a positive or negative thing. Next, respondents rated the groups of statements about Lithuania. It was clarified whether they had seen the campaign "Lithuania. Real is beautiful". They were asked to answer which of the listed tourist attractions or activities would be interesting for them if they were to visit another country. It was investigated which positive and negative descriptions best describe Lithuanians. At the end of the survey, questions were asked about how often respondents travel abroad (including all types of travel: work, weekends, holidays) and who usually travels abroad with them. <br> <b><i>Socio-demographic characteristics</i></b>: gender, age, place of residence, education, household income, occupation.SPSS, 25Dataverse collection "Brand Lithuania Surveys" contains surveys conducted in Lithuania and foreign countries studying evaluations and knowledge about Lithuania and its inhabitants.<p> The main language of the study is Swedish (swe). </p> <p> Standardized questionnaire was provided for the respondents in Swedish (swe). </p> <p> Swedish geographical names in Lithuanian are used according to online database <a href="http://pasaulio-vardai.vlkk.lt">“World Place Names“</a> published by the Science and Encyclopaedia Publishing Centre and the State Commission of the Lithuanian Language. </p>Vilnius, LithuaniaEuropean Social Fund