A great number of private and public stakeholders at international, European, national, regional and local level are involved in the development of tourism. Given the complexity of tourism which is not easy to separate from other economic sectors, the stakeholders must develop partnerships if they want to stay ahead of competition. The success of the renewed EU policy depends therefore on the active involvement of all tourism stakeholders.

INSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENTS OF THE EUROPEAN TOURISM POLICY

The Commission has launched a stakeholders consultation on the EU Charter for Sustainable and Responsible Tourism and will be open till 20 April 2012. NECSTouR has prepared an online Google form to facilitate the consultation. To answer the questionnaire, you don't need the text of the consultation, it is embeded in the various questions. 

March 2012

Consultation for the Blue Growth Strategy

Blue Growth: Sustainable Growth from the Ocean, Seas and Coasts

http://ec.europa.eu/yourvoice/ipm/forms/dispatch?form=BlueGrowthforEurope

Closing date: 11th of May 2012

February 2012

Consultation for the European Charter for sustainable tourism

Documnents of the Commission at the bottom of the page

NECSTouR online Questionnaire click here

December 2011

Euromeeting 2011

October 2011

The two Units of DG ENTR (F1 and F2) have jointly published the rolling plan for the Implementation of the 2010 EC Communication "Europe, the world's No 1 tourist destination - a new political framework for tourism in Europe. The actions implemented by the EU Institutions and the forthcoming activities are listed in the document. The Stakeholders are warmly invited to get familiar with this plan.

September 2011

During the World Tourism Day the  27th of September, the European Parliament voted in Plenary Session in Strasbourg with large majority the General Report of MEP Carlo Fidanza concerning the Future European Tourism Policy. The reports proposes a number of additional actions to the Communication of the Commission and emphasise the essential role of Regional authorities in the implementation of this European Framework.

Download the adopted text and read the debate in the Parliament here

CONSULTATIONS

EUROPEAN QUALITY LABEL

Challenges and opportunities for maritime and coastal tourism in Europe