The private services sector is still relatively limited, but illustrates a growing volume of tourism and many new businesses, and developing trends within the culture, media, and Information Technology sectors. Nowadays, Gotland is gradually establishing a clear role as a cultural meeting place in the Baltic Sea. Contributing to this is the college and the Baltic Centre for Writers and Translators - the only cultural institution in the country common to all of the Baltic region. Few regions of comparable size can offer as many sights and leisure-time activities as Gotland. The participation in adult education classes of all kinds is unusually high on Gotland.
Organisational activities are also particularly lively.
Music, film and other types of artistic activities are practised by many, both as a hobby or as a profession. The summer simmers with life. There is a large number of festivals and arrangements to be enjoyed. The Shakespeare theatre in the monastery ruin in Roma, the Chamber Music Week and the Medieval Week in the beginning of August are probably the best known. The climate is characterised by many hours of sun and mild autumns.