Traduction de «Tourism destination » (Anglais → Français) :

promoting Europe as a sustainable and high-quality tourist destination through the ‘visiteurope.com’ website, at major international events or large-scale tourism fairs and exhibitions, as well as initiatives such as European Tourism Days and the European Tourism Forum

9. Highlights the need to diversify the portfolio of tourism services in Europe, and emphasises seasonal adjustment as a determinant of the competitiveness of the European tourism sector; calls for enhanced cooperation between Member States when promoting the EU as a tourism destination, but also underlines the role of local authorities; calls for a European communication strategy and a campaign in the EU and worldwide to keep Europe the world’s No 1 tourist destination, based on its rich natural, cultural, historical and ethnic heritage; takes the view that red tape and the administrative burden for services in the tourism sector sho ...[+++]uld be reduced both for customers and companies, acknowledging that high quality comes at a price;

Tourism Number of applications to funding Percentage of SMEs (and trend) in applications for tourism-related funding opportunities Number of entities adopting European Tourism Quality Label Number of destinations adopting the sustainable tourism development models promoted by the European Destinations of Excellence || Number of applications to funding (to all calls for proposals) in total: around 75 per year (average for 2011) Up to date, no calls for proposals were directly addressed to SMEs Up to date no entity adopting European Tourism Quality Label (action in elaboration) ...[+++] Number of European Destinations of Excellence awarded in total 98 (on average 20 per year – in 2007-10, in 2008-20, in 2009-22, in 2010-25, in 2011-21) || Number of applications to funding (to all calls for proposals) in total: more than 100 per year 30% of calls for proposals directly addressed to SMEs Coverage of 50% of the evaluation schemes eligible to participate in the European Tourism Quality Label 200 and more destinations adopting the sustainable tourism development models promoted by the European Destinations of Excellence (up to 30 per year).

However, the Commission has published studies that are linked to this issue, such as the “Early warning system for identifying declining tourism destinations and preventive best practices” (2004) where the signals of decline pertain to the economic, social and environmental dimensions and where the focus is on destinations with a certain tradition in providing tourism.

minimising resource use and pollution in tourism destinations.

The Commission launched the pilot project which has been requested by the Parliament with the intention of highlighting the variety and quality of tourism destinations in Europe and to further promote this important sector of European economy.