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
Tourism stakeholders’ position on Digital Green Certificate Trilogues & Council Recommendation on travel coordination
Today, a group of key travel and tourism players - including NECSTouR - released a position paper urging the European Council and Commission to speed up decision making with regard to Green Certificate.
It urges also the main European institutions to accelerate decisions on travel restrictions towards the season.
It summarises the tourism stakeholders’ position on Digital Green Certificate Trilogues and on the Council Recommendation on travel coordination.
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Call for Partners: Explore Paris wants to create an European network of alternative urban tourism
Explore Paris is looking for potential partners for a project to set up an European network of alternative urban tourism. Through this partnership, they would like to look at urban tourism in a different way; enjoy the cultural, artistic and festive facets of a city that are sometimes little known and the occasion to to meet its inhabitants. They aim for tourists to discover the city off the beaten track and redefine the city's borders.
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Report: Star Cities Learning Session on Governance and Cooperation
The Interreg Europe Star Cities project organised a virtual interregional learning session from February 9 to 12. Adapting its work programme to the sanitary situation, the event was originally intended to take place near Paris, France.
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NECSTouR AGM 2021
The Tirol Tourist Board and the NECSTouR Executive Committee are pleased to invite the NECSTouR members to the Annual General Meeting (AGM) 2021.
AGM 2021 will be hosted by Tirol from 21 to 24 September 2021 in Alpbach - but, considering the current uncertain healthy situation, fully virtual participation will be also possible.
EuroVelo & Cycling Tourism Conference Barcelona 2021
From 5th to 10th October, the bicycle will take centre stage in Barcelona. For the first time, the same city will simultaneously host three conferences about cycling: the EuroVelo & Cycling Tourism Conference, the XVIII Iberian Congress Bicycle and the 7th International Bicycle Conference. All three will include exhibition spaces, meetings between professionals, technical visits and a wide range of activities.
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EU Green Week Workshop: Sustainable Tourism solutions to reduce pollution in the Mediterranean area
For the next EU Green Week, NECSTouR is organizing a webinar along with its partners in the Interreg MED programme on June 3rd. The goal of this webinar is to present solutions from a selected number of projects aiming at reducing pollution with an ethical and sustainable consumption of tourism: Ecotourism (DESTIMED PLUS), Cycle tourism (MEDCYCLETOUR), Waste management (BLUEISLANDS) and Water Management (CASTWATER). Read More
Debate on the Recovery in the Tourism, Hotel and Catering Sector at the EU CoR
The Members of the European Committee of the Regions (CoR) debated on the Recovery in the Tourism, Hotel and Catering Sector, in the framework of the CoR 144th plenary session on 5, 6 and 7 May 2021.
It saw the participation of two members of NECSTouR.
Mr Calabuig Rull, Valencia Region
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NECSTouR Extraordinary AGM 2021
NECSTouR Extraordinary General Assembly Meeting 2021 (AGM) virtually took place on the 5th of May.
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European Regions for Smart Communities
On the 4hth of May NECSTouR President intervened at the Thematic Table dedicated to Smart Tourism.
He brought in some inspiration by sharing what has been the NECSTouR’s response to the Covid-19 crisis, how we have reoriented our initial programme , what kind of actions we have done, what type of knowledge we have shared and build, what are the learnings we have collected.
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