What is NECSTouR?
NECSTouR is the Network of European Regions for Sustainable and Competitive Tourism. Based in Brussels, it develops Interregional Projects to improve Tourism Governance in Europe.
Since 2007 it has undertaken a unique journey, representing today more than 70 organisations around Europe and connecting Regional Tourism Governance with European levels of government, EU financial instruments, Academic Organisations (Universities and Research Institutes) and Private Sector (Representatives of Tourism Enterprises, Associations, and Networks).

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Latest Updates
NECSTouR's leading destination managers share good practices during 2023 BTO
This year's BTO (Be Travel Onlife), Italy's leading innovation tourism fair on Digital Tourism and Innovation, took place on 22-23 November in Florence, hosted and organised by NECSTouR's vice-presidency, the Tuscany Region.
Read MoreNECSTouR Permanent Secretariat Kindly Welcomes our new Communication Assistant!
Hello, my name is Clara Morales Llobet, and I will be the new Communications Assistant seconded by the Catalan Tourist Board to engage the NECSTouR members in the 2030 Pathway’s Process until next February.
Some of my tasks will include:
NECSTouR Tourism of Tomorrow Lab Spanish Leaders at TIS 2023 Forge Path to Sustainable Data-Driven Policies
In a groundbreaking collaboration, our Tourism of Tomorrow Lab (ToTLab) department and its esteemed Spanish premium members - Turismo Andaluz, Basquetur, Catalonia, Navarra and Valencia Region - have taken significant strides towards a data-driven European tourism policy at the Tourism Innovation Summit 2023 (TIS). Read More
BTO 2023
BTO, Be Travel Onlife is the leading innovation tourism fair in Italy on Digital Tourism and Innovation.
The 2023 edition will be organised by our Vice-Presidency, the Tuscany Region in Florence on 22-23 November.
Connecting the Dots - The path to a smarter and greener Mediterranean
'Connecting the Dots - The path to a smarter and greener Mediterranean" will occur in Ljubljana (Slovenia). Two days of productive collaboration and networking where Mediterranean stakeholders will have the chance to discuss and shape together the future of governance in the region.
Read MoreEuropean Tourism Data Space High-Level Event
Brussels, 25 September 2023. Technical workshop on the European Data Space for Tourism in collaboration with the Tourism of Tomorrow Lab Partners.
12h30-17h30, hosted by our member Galicia Region at Fundación Galicia-Europa premises, Rue de la Loi, 38-2º.
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