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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Masterclass: Empowering Destination Leaders to Deliver Sustainability
NECSTouR and SPEL-Turismo Lanzarote are committed to accelerate the transition to a more sustainable tourism governance, in line with both the European Tourism Agenda 2030 and the Glasgow targets.
Read MoreAn exciting 2022 for NECSTouR! What’s next? Looking forward to many interesting projects for 2023
We are very grateful to our network for this year, full of activities, insightful meetings, projects, and great events. Since 2007, we have undertaken a unique journey reaching today more than 70 organisations around Europe, namely 40+ Tourism Regional Managing Authorities and 29 associated and academic members from the Private and Public sectors representing 21 European countries. Finally, we are expanding with a bright team coming from different European regions, united by the passion for tourism! Read More
DATES: Turning the vision of a European Tourism Data Space into reality
NECSTouR proudly announces to be part of the EU-funded DATES Tourism Data Space project. The aim of this project is to explore approaches and options for deploying a secure and trusted tourism data space, ensuring transparent control of data access, use and re-use. Read More
Annual General Meeting 2023
On 6-7 June 2023, our Annual General Meeting will take place in Saint-Ouen, Île-de-France Region.
Read MoreMasterclass: Empowering Destination Leaders to Deliver Sustainability
NECSTouR and SPEL-Turismo Lanzarote are committed to accelerate the transition to a more sustainable tourism governance, in line with both the European Tourism Agenda 2030 and the Glasgow targets.
Read MoreBe Travel Onlife 2022
On 29-30 November 2022, Tuscany Region organised the Be Travel Onlife Conference in Florence.
As partner of the event, some of the NECSTouR members shared their best practices and inspired a number of panels.
Don't miss our interview with intoscana.it!
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Interreg Europe - Thematic networking event: More social Europe
The second call for project proposals from Interreg Europe will be open soon from 15 March to 9 June 2023!
Interreg Europe is open to help you to get started with the preparation of your next project. For this they are organising a series of online thematic networking events so that project ideas can be shared and so that you can search for new project partners ahead of the call.
Read MoreTourism of Tomorrow Lab Webinar
NECSTouR has been proud to announce that the Tourism of Tomorrow Lab reached its one-year anniversary. During the past year, our tourism data consultancy team has been delivering personalised services to DMOs to solve destinations’ real problems and to provide them with specific actions. Read More
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