With the contribution of NECSTouR,  the European Tourism Manifesto called the EU Member States to make tourism a strategic element in their national recovery plans and has released last 9th of February a detailed paper presenting a non-exhaustive list of reforms and investment ideas related to travel and tourism that would contribute to the drafting of national recovery and resilience plans. 

This in view of the approval of the new Recovery and Resilience Facility, proposed by the European Commission (latest developments) to help the EU rebuild after the pandemic and following our initiative “Call for Marshall Plan for the European Tourism”.

The tourism-related investments are grouped according to the EU flagship initiatives listed in the European Commission’s Guidance to Member States on Recovery and Resilience Plans and can be integrated in the national recovery plans.

The purpose of the paper is to help Member States in drafting their recovery and resilience plans to ensure that the proposed reforms and investments create a favourable environment in which tourism can develop in a sustainable and resilient way, and continue to create jobs, fostering cohesion and building the path towards a sustainable recovery from the social and economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.

NECSTouR will keep building an European Marshall Plan for the European Tourism and reiterate its call to its members to keep defending tourism investments to the authorities dealing with your country recovery plan.

• Press Release
• Final Paper