What is NECSTouR?
NECSTouR is the voice of European regions committed to economic, social and environmental sustainability through tourism – an increasingly important driver of destination competitiveness.
To help members deliver the tourism of tomorrow, NECSTouR provides an interregional cooperation strategy focused on the five key strategic approaches, known as the “Five S of sustainable tourism of Tomorrow”: Smart destinations, Sociocultural balance, Skills and talent, Safety and resilience, Statistics and measurability. These are complement two cross-cutting initiatives: The Barcelona Declaration “Better Places to Live, Better Places to Visit” and the Smart Specialisation Platform "Digitalisation and Safety for Tourism".
Fields of Expertise
Benefits for our Members
KNOWLEDGE
A knowledge hub of sustainable and competitive tourism solutions, enabling regions to deliver and manage smarter destinations
INFORMATION
A one stop shop of information on European policies that impact the NECSTouR priorities
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Latest Updates
The CHARM Project organised its Bridge Event on Technologies in Rural Areas during the Forum Turistic
At the occasion of the Forum TurisTIC, two of NECSTouR projects took the stage. Mainly, it was the CHARM project with its bridge event to talk about “Technologies applied in rural areas: adding value to the tourist product”. But the Interreg MED STC project also took the opportunity to organise an online transferring workshop with Spanish stakeholders.
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NECSTouR calls for a Tourism Marshall Plan Towards a Sustainable Recovery of the Sector
NECSTouR calls the European Regions to finance sustainable tourism building the Marshall Plan Tourism industry deserves.
Guidelines has been released to support the Regional efforts in achieving this crucial mission for the sector.
Report: NECSTouR held a CHARM Workshop in Burg-Reuland (Belgium)
On Friday the 4th of September, NECSTouR Permanent Secretariat organised a workshop with tourism stakeholders of the village of Burg-Reuland in Eastern Belgium. As the partner following the Belgian pilot village of the CHARM project, NECSTouR was responsible to put together this working session. I was co-organised by the Tourist Info Burö of Burg-Reuland/Ouren, with the support of our member the German-speaking community of Belgium.
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ECTN Conference and Awards Ceremony 2020
NECSTouR will contribute to both the ECTN Virtual Conference and the Awards Ceremony on the 22nd of October.
- Conference Theme: “Post-pandemic recovery of European Tourism through Culture, Heritage and Creativity”
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Star Cities Virtual Interregional Learning Session
Initially planned in Hamburg, Star Cities third international learning session will be a virtual event, held fully online.
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Forum TurisTIC 2020
The Forum TurisTIC is an annual event organized in Barcelona by EURECAT technology center, promoted by Generalitat de Catalunya, Barcelona City Council and Barcelona Provincial Council, aiming to connect innovation and technology with the tourism industry. At this occasion, the CHARM project is organising its bridge event on technologies in rural area and the Interreg MED Sustainable Tourism community is holding a workshop on all-year tourism tools. Read More
TRAN Tourism Task Force Meeting
On Wednesday, 23 September at 9:10 Tourism Task Force of the TRAN Committee of the European Parliament will meet with NECSTouR and other travel and tourism umbrella organisations (UNWTO, European Travel Commission, WTTC) to discuss recovery from COVID-19 crisis.
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