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
Mediterranean NECSTouR members kicked off a new Interreg Euro-Med Community and a Cluster on Climate Change and Nature
On 10 and 11 April, around one hundred Mediterranean tourism professionals—including representatives of nine members of NECSTouR—were witnesses and protagonists in Rome of an amazing collective effort to start building connections and finding synergies between EuroMED Thematic Projects on Tourism and to share sustainable plans and strategies.
Read MoreNECSTouR Permanent Secretariat welcomes our new Projects Officer!
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My name is Adriana Tramullas De Nys, and I recently joined NECSTouR as a Projects Officer with the aim to support the team in a variety of ongoing European projects linked to sustainable tourism governance. My mission will be to:
Read MoreJOB VACANCY: Managing Director
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NECSTouR, the Network of European Regions for Sustainable and Competitive Tourism, is a Brussels-based non-profit association that gathers more than 45 European regional tourism authorities and 30 associated members (universities, research institutes, representatives of tourism enterprises and sustainable tourism associations). We empower destinations to face the challenges to achieve a smarter and more sustainable tourism governance by sharing and deploying best practice solutions with our members and our key partners across Europe.
Read MoreAnnual General Meeting 2024
NECSTouR General Assembly Meeting 2024 (AGM) will take place on 21-23 May 2024 in Luleå, in the Swedish Lapland.
The event will be hosted and co-organised by the Swedish Lapland Visitors Board.
Read MoreBTO 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.
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