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".

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Latest Updates
NECSTouR showcases tourist destinations' mobility challenges and opportunites at Urban Transport workshop
During the Interreg MED Urban Transport community’s workshop in Brussels, Thomas Guillot, project officer in NECSTouR, presented our good practices from Rethymno, Hamburg and Barcelona on “Mobility challenges and opportunities for Tourist Destinations”. Read MoreNECSTouR and its member Regions’ co-implementation of the Tourism Transition Pathway
Following the publication by the European Commission in February of the Tourism Transition Pathway (TTP), and their recent invitation for us to express our concrete commitment by answering their call for commitments survey, on 11th May we organised a successful webinar "How NECSTouR and our Regions can Implement the Tourism Transition Pathway Through Interregional Cooperation".
Read MoreNECSTouR Vice President Torrent Speaks at High Level Debate at the United Nations Headquarters
On 4 May, NECSTouR Vice President Mr Torrent spoke at the High-level Thematic Debate “Putting sustainable and resilient tourism at the heart of an inclusive recovery”, convened by the President of the General Assembly at the UN Headquarters in New York.
Read MoreNECSTouR AGM 2022
The Danish West Coast Partnership & Ringkøbing-Skjern Municipality invites the members of NECSTouR to the Annual General Assembly 2022.
From the 30th May to the 2nd of June 2022, Ringkøbing-Skjern will be the place to be for you to discuss key challenges towards a sustainable future for our sector, share knowledge on best practices, and find common solutions to secure a better tourism of tomorrow.
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WINTER MED Final Project and Capitalisation Event
On the 31st of May, the INTERREG WINTER MED project will hold its Final Project and Capitalisation Event "Shared vision and commitment to year-round sustainable tourism in Mediterranean island destinations and beyond" in Rhodes, Greece. Read MoreIncircle Project Final Event "Tools, Finance, Opportunities and Bottlenecks Towards a Circular and Sustainable Tourism"
On June 7th, the InCircle project will hold its final event on "Tools, Finance, Opportunities and Bottlenecks Towards a Circular and Sustainable Tourism" in Barcelona at Hotel Alimara, from 9:30 until 18:00. NECSTouR has been invited to present good practices from the network.
Read MoreEU-Level Workshop: "Unbalanced tourism growth at destination level - root causes, impacts, existing solutions and good practices"
On 20 May a hybrid EU-level workshop on unbalanced tourism growth will take place in Brussels (Albert Borschette Congress Centre, Rue Froissart 36, 1040), and will start at 9:00 CEST and conclude by 13:00 CEST.
Read MoreWebinar: "The role of the Pact for Skills in supporting the integration of persons fleeing the war in Ukraine"
On Thursday 19 May 2022 from 15.00 to 16.15 CEST on a dedicated online platform invites signatories of the Pact for Skills, to the webinar on "The role of the Pact for Skills in supporting the integration of persons fleeing the war in Ukraine".
Read MoreWebinar "How NECSTouR and our Regions can Implement the Tourism Transition Pathway Through Interregional Cooperation".
On Wednesday 11th May online from 11-12:30 CEST NECSTouR offers our members the chance to demonstrate your Region's efforts in sustainability leadership to the European Tourism Agenda, through our webinar "How NECSTouR and our Regions can Implement the Tourism Transition Pathway Through Interregional Cooperation".
More information will follow soon, in the meantime register here.
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