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 in the Agenda of the Czech Presidency of the Council of the European Union
Starting from 1st July, 2022, Czech Republic will hold the Presidency of the Council of the European Union for six months.
Read MoreNECSTouR wants to help build the future of BEST MED and DESTIMED PLUS
NECSTouR was invited to take part in the policy session of the joint final event of the Interreg MED projects DESTIMED PLUS and BEST MED, hosted in Rome by Lazio Region on June 21. The event brought together key actors in the field of sustainable tourism and conservation to discuss how to better connect and integrate the initiatives of both projects. Thomas Guillot, project officer in NECSTouR took part in the session on “International and European Tourism policies for sustainable and responsible tourism”. Read MoreReport: Star Cities Starts Its Final Phase in Hamburg
After a successful meeting in Ljubljana, all partners of the Interreg Europe project STAR Cities met again in Hamburg (Germany) on the 5th and 6th of May 2022. The workshop and study visits were hosted by the Metropolitan Region of Hamburg. NECSTouR was happy to be among them.
Read MoreConference: “Regenerative Tourism contributing to the wellbeing of the community”
On 23 September 2022, within the framework of the NECSTouR Extraordinary General Assembly Meeting in Barcelona, Spain, Catalonia Tourism Board will host a conference entitled “Regenerative Tourism contributing to the wellbeing of the community”.
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NECSTouR Extraordinary General Assembly Meeting 2022
NECSTouR and Catalonia are pleased to invite you to our Extraordinary General Assembly (GA) Meeting and Conference “Regenerative Tourism contributing to the wellbeing of the community” from 22 to 23 September 2022 in Barcelona!
Preliminary Programme for the Members of NECSTouR
Thursday 22 September
Read MoreTourism Innovation Summit 2022
From 2-4 November 2022 NECSTouR will once again be participating in the Tourism Innovation Summit, which will be held in Seville, Spain.
The Tourism Innovation Summit is aimed to help tourism and travel industry to face all those short and long-term challenges, and Seville will again host three days of disruptive masterclasses where success stories of travel are put on stage.
Read MoreNECSTouR Brokerage Event: Interreg Euro-MED 2021-2027 programme
Following the second call for proposals for thematic projects of the Interreg Euro-MED 2021-2027 programme, which opened on 27th of June, NECSTouR organised an internal online Brokerage Event on 13th July.
Read MoreInterreg Euro-MED Academy Webinar: "Funding opportunities for Sustainable Tourism Destinations"
In the framework of its online learning programme on Sustainable Tourism and Mobility in the MED, the Interreg Euro-MED Academy organises a webinar on the 17th of June 2022, from 10am to 11am.
Read MoreETC Tourism Manifesto Events
In the framework of the European Tourism Manifesto alliance, The European Travel Commission is organising two events planned for the 29th of June 2022 in Brussels.
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