Öl- och Vinturism på Gotland : En kvalitativ studie om marknadsföringen av ölbryggerier och vingårdar i sociala medier på Gotland

Sammanfattning

In this study beer breweries and vineyards have been studied. The purpose of the study is to illuminate how beer breweries and vineyards on Gotland market themselves on social media and how they address the Swedish law “Alkohollag (2010:1622): 7 kap. Marknadsföring av alkoholdrycker och alkoholdrycksliknande preparat”. In this study a content analysis was made on four Gotlandic businesses, two vineyards and two breweries. In the content analysis 184 posts, from the different businesses, on both Instagram and Facebook were analyzed based on a coding schedule with eight different subjects. Five semi structured interviews with the Gotlandic businesses were also made. The result showed that all breweries and vineyards are marketing themselves differently and are variously active on social media. It is also shown that there is a difference between the big businesses and the smaller ones on how they address the Swedish law. The bigger businesses have more resources on the marketing side than the smaller ones which may be a result of how they address the law.