Sleeping alone under the stars and cheap camping trips are a dream for a lot of campers.

There are countries where it is legal and uncomplicated to camp (almost) anywhere in the wild, without spending a penny. You have to follow the rules of each country and take responsibility: you cannot leave traces of your passage and damaging the environment.

Here are six destinations that are particularly welcoming for adventurous campers:

1. Norway

Shores, forests, mountains, peat bogs. Under the right of access to nature[right to roam], it is legal to camp almost anywhere in Norway, as long as you stay 150 m from the nearest house and are not on cultivated or developed land. This applies to tents, but also to motorhomes. Want to camp for more than two nights in the same place? Permission must be sought from the owner of the premises unless you are in a very remote area.

2. Sweden

The same principle of access to nature applies in Sweden, which allows everyone to walk, cycle or ski, as well as to pitch their tent on any land, except private or cultivated area. It is necessary to remain 70 m from inhabited houses and, of course, to respect local prohibitions.

3. Denmark

This Scandinavian country also allows you to spend the night outdoors free of charge on Crown-owned wilderness, but you should be well informed. There is a list of forests where wilderness camping is permitted, and different types of camping permitted: under the stars, on small developed sites, on large sites.

4. New Zealand

Free camping or freedom camping is legal on New Zealand public land. There are more than 500 designated places, with few or no services, where you can spend the night free of charge in your campervan or tent, in the heart of nature. Each of these sites has its own rules.

5. Scotland

It is legal to do informal camping in Scotland if it is in small groups, with light equipment, and if you spend only two or three nights in the same place. Avoid historical sites, proximity to homes or roads, animal fields and some national parks which banned this type of wild camping.

6. The United States

It is possible to camp legally and free of charge outside developed campsites, in tents or motor homes, on lands managed by the U.S. Forest Service or the Bureau of Land Management. That gives us a lot of choices. You will find tips and regulations online, depending on where you want to visit.

Last September, the passage of Hurricane Maria brought tourist activity on the island to a halt. Six months later, the destination takes stock of its reconstruction.

Despite Maria’s devastating passage, there is no way Dominica will ever forget her tourism.” At present, efforts to rebuild the destination have been colossal, says Colin Piper, director of the Discover Dominica Tourism Authority. Dominica welcomed its first cruise ship in Portsmouth at the end of December and in the capital Roseau last January. We have also confirmed the reopening of the main natural sites. Accessibility to public services such as water and electricity are in their final stages.” In detail, 19 of 23 natural sites such as Trafalgar Falls, Indian River or Cabrits are officially open and welcoming visitors. The diving spots are also accessible, says the Tourist Office. Regarding accommodation, 40% of the rooms are available for reservation, and an additional third should reopen by the end of the year.

Tourists can participate in the reconstruction.

The progress of the reconstruction can be followed in real time on the Dominica Update website. A positive signal, the destination announces the imminent arrival of high-end hotel projects. The Anichi Resort & Spa (Marriott Group), Cabrits Resort Kempiski and Jungle Bay Resorts & Spa will be inaugurated in 2019. A significant sector of the Dominican economy, the tourist recovery is a crucial axis for the island,” stresses the Tourist Office. The devastating passage of Hurricane Maria was a blow all the more severe as the island was making an “excellent year for tourism”.

In the end, 2017 will have ended with a relatively moderate drop of 8.9% in tourist arrivals, all markets combined. Tourists who so wish are invited to participate in the reconstruction of the island through voluntary tourism packages: travelers can register with local hotels or operators to engage in targeted reconstruction and clean-up operations while discovering the island.

The IRT has just completed two significant operations with European tourism professionals: Germany at the ITB Berlin and metropolitan France at the annual roadshow in several major cities. The IRT continues the growth momentum that began with the excellent 2017 figures.

The meeting took place at German time from 7 to 11 March. Germany is one of the world’s largest emitters of tourists. “It is a market of vital importance in the tourism market diversification strategy successfully pursued by the Réunion Region since 2010,” explains the IRT.

German tourists now represent more than 6% of the total number of foreign visitors to the island in 2017, 1.5% more than in 2016 and the most represented European country (behind metropolitan France). The margin of progress is therefore real, and it was essential that this year again, Reunion Island be present at the most important European meeting for world tourism professionals.

The IRT teams accompanied twenty-two Reunionese players (hoteliers, incoming agencies, and airlines) for a week to promote their exchanges with European and international tourism operators. Nevertheless, if the first three days of the show are only reserved for professionals in the sector, the last two days are open to the general public.

A stand of more than 150 m2 was therefore made available to these professional partners to guarantee them high visibility, maximize contacts and strengthen links with visitors interested in the destination.

All participants agreed that this week was “a real success for all”: many contacts were established between the IRT, its partners, and many international tourism professionals.

Similarly, more than 30 journalists expressed “their interest in our island and their desire to make it known to their respective audiences. More generally, visitor feedback has been very positive and testifies to the considerable gain of notoriety for the great island, perceived as a prestigious, preserved, confidential destination that still inspires the most distant travelers.

In its desire to make Réunion even more attractive and to promote it to metropolitan tourism professionals, the IRT also organized, as it does every year, a roadshow in three major French cities.

Accompanying this time twelve actors of the tourist sector of Reunion, the teams of the IRT gave appointment to the travel agencies, tour-operators, commercial, specialized journalists and ambassadors of the destination Bordeaux, Paris, and Lille respectively last March 13, 14 and 15.

These meetings with professionals, the first marketing relay for the destination Réunion aupreÌ s of the general public, have several objectives: to strengthen links with the prescribers of the destination, to transmit the most striking best practices and sales arguments, but also to generate maximum sales in the short and medium term.

Metropolitan France remains “the largest emitting market for tourism in Reunion Island”: in 2017 it accounted for more than 78% of the total number of visitors. It is therefore essential for the IRT to maintain strong links with French tourism players through operations like this one.