This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Robin Pomeroy, Podcast Editor, World Economic Forum, Sophia Akram, Writer, Forum Agenda “What we need… is people to understand that when they go out and take a trip, there’s this style of consumerism, there’s a responsibility they have to learn […]Tourism is bouncing back – but can we make travel sustainable?
May 23, 2024 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Robin Pomeroy, Podcast Editor, World Economic Forum, Sophia Akram, Writer, Forum Agenda “What we need… is people to understand that when they go out and take a trip, there’s this style of consumerism, there’s a responsibility they have to learn […]Venice is charging visitors to tackle overtourism. What are other holiday destinations doing?
September 22, 2023 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Gabi Thesing, Senior Writer, Forum Agenda This article was originally published in August 2023 and updated in September 2023.Venice has introduced a tourist tax while Amsterdam is the latest tourist destination to consider banning cruise ships in a […]3 ways hotels and tourists can work together to decarbonize travel
August 3, 2023 by 1 Comment
This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Peter Lochbihler, Global Head of Public Affairs, Booking.com As the world races to achieve net zero by 2050, the hospitality industry is well-placed to lead the decarbonization of the travel and tourism sector.Tourists’ climate awareness is growing and […]Commission boosts data sharing and innovation for a smart, sustainable and resilient EU tourism ecosystem
July 21, 2023 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. Today, the Commission published a Communication presenting the building blocks for a common European tourism data space. This data space will allow tourism businesses and public authorities to share a broad range of data to inform the development of innovative tourism services, improve the […]Commission acts to promote transparency in the short-term rental sector to the benefit of all players
November 7, 2022 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. Today, the Commission adopted a proposal for a Regulation to enhance transparency in the field of short-term accommodation rentals and help public authorities ensure their balanced development as part of a sustainable tourism sector. While short-term accommodation bookings offer benefits for hosts and tourists, […]How quickly is tourism recovering from COVID-19?
March 31, 2022 by 1 Comment
This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Victoria Masterson, Senior Writer, Formative Content Tourists spent an extra 1.8 billion nights in the European Union in 2021 compared with the year before.But this is still almost 40% lower than pre-pandemic levels, according to EU statistics.Tourism is […]We urgently need to kickstart tourism’s recovery but crisis offers an opportunity to rethink it
August 3, 2021 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Isabelle Durant, Acting Secretary-General, UNCTAD With vaccination advancing in most developed economies, we would have expected the tourism situation today to be significantly better than this time last year. Sadly, it is not.Less than 10 years away from […]Tourism MEPs advocate common criteria for safe and clean travel
February 26, 2021 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you in association with the European Parliament. EU criteria for safe and clean tourism, including a common vaccination certificate, should be a part of a new EU strategy on sustainable tourism, said MEPs. The draft resolution on establishing an EU strategy for sustainable tourism, adopted by Transport and Tourism Committee on […]Parliament requests further action to save EU tourism
June 22, 2020 by 1 Comment
This article is brought to you in association with the European Parliament. MEPs call for additional measures to save the EU’s tourism and travel sector and make it future-proof after COVID-19 crisis. The resolution on transport and tourism in 2020 and beyond was adopted on Friday by 587 votes in favour, 32 against and 46 abstentions. […]Re-open EU: Commission launches a website to safely resume travelling and tourism in the EU
June 15, 2020 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. Today, the Commission is launching ‘Re-open EU‘, a web platform to support a safe relaunch of travelling and tourism across Europe. It will provide real-time information on borders and available means of transport and tourism services in Member States. Re-open EU will also include […]International tourism is set to plunge by 80% this year – but some regions could recover more quickly
May 20, 2020 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Harry Kretchmer, Senior Writer, Formative Content Millions of jobs could be lost in an industry that provides high levels of employment. Less developed economies could be hit particularly hard. However, some regions – particularly the Middle East – […]
Commission reaches agreement with collaborative economy platforms to publish key data on tourism accommodation
March 5, 2020 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. The Commission has reached a landmark agreement with Airbnb, Booking, Expedia Group and Tripadvisor on data sharing. This will allow Eurostat, the EU statistical office, to publish data on short-stay accommodations offered via these platforms across the EU. The agreement will for the first […]If you build it, they will come: Why infrastructure is crucial to tourism growth and competitiveness
September 6, 2019 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Maksim Soshkin, Research and Analysis Specialist for Aerospace, Aviation, Travel and Tourism, World Economic Forum With international tourist arrivals reaching 1.4 billion in 2018—two years ahead of initial projections—the travel and tourism industry will continue to drive global connectivity. […]Our tourism system is broken – time to customize
July 11, 2019 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Robert Govers, Author Are we unwillingly killing the geese that lay the golden eggs? The communities that tourists want to visit are increasingly under pressure from tourism. Essentially, no one person is liable. Human beings want to travel; […]In the age of the tourism backlash, we need ‘destination stewards’
March 29, 2019 by 1 Comment
This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: April Rinne, Founder and Adviser, April Worldwide Globally, more people are travelling to more places than ever before. Our ability to connect with new people, explore new destinations and work across more borders is unprecedented. The stats are clear: […]This is how travel hotspots are fighting back against overtourism
December 6, 2018 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you thanks to the strategic cooperation of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Johnny Wood, Writer, Formative Content Rome is cracking down on “gladiators” and street drinking in an attempt to keep the excesses of tourism in check. The clampdown comes amid a global travel boom that has resulted in popular […]The Philippines is reopening a ‘cesspool’ island after a six month clean up
October 26, 2018 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you thanks to the strategic cooperation of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Emma Charlton, Writer No tourist destination wants the moniker “cesspool.” But earlier this year, the Philippines island of Boracay – one of the nation’s major and heavily exploited tourist destinations – was dubbed as such by President Rodrigo […]Conflicting statistics and bad banks haunt the Eurozone
May 19, 2016 by Leave a Comment
Last week, Eurostat, the EU statistical service, released its flash estimate of the GDP of the first quarter of 2016, finding it, in both the Eurozone and the EU28, to be 0.5% bigger in comparison to the previous period. In the fourth quarter of 2015, GDP had also grown by 0.3% and 0.4% respectively. Does […]Easier Schengen Visas for non-EU holiday makers: A crucial issue for south Eurozone countries
March 31, 2014 by Leave a Comment
With Brussels ‘digesting’ two historical developments, the annexation of Crimea by Russia and the creation of the European Banking Union, this new week predictably could be rather quiet. There is a problem though the Commission will try to resolve during the next few days. It’s the EU Schengen visa applications by non EU citizens, who […]EU tourism industry expects a new record year in 2014
February 14, 2014 by Leave a Comment
According to a Eurobarometer survey published earlier today, the prospects of the European tourism industry for the 2014 season are ‘robust and resilient’. More people than in 2013 choose to spend holidays outside of their own country but within the EU. Only 11% of Europeans will not go away for a holiday this year. More […]The European giant tourism sector in constant growth
January 30, 2014 by Leave a Comment
The tourism industry is undoubtedly a flourishing sector of the EU economy. However it suffers of an increased sensitivity to events like the 11 September 2001 catastrophe, which can harm its potential on a global scale. Even an airplane accident can undermine its activities for a long time. That’s why it is considered as a […]The Commission neglects the services sector and favours industry
January 7, 2014 by Leave a Comment
On 22 January the European Commission will present a Communication on an EU wide project, under the grandiose name of “European Industrial Renaissance”. Despite its name, the Communication doesn’t seem to have a strong connection with reality. Even the early pre-announcement of this Communication released on 20 December contains elements of futility. It says “While […]Tourism offers much to the EU gets a little
April 16, 2013 by Leave a Comment
The summer giant of European tourism woke up again from its winter hibernation and is about to favour the crisis and unemployment stricken southern regions of the Old Continent and not only. For a brief period of one week or so the entire population of countries in the misty and grey north travel southwards to […]European tourism remains a strong growth factor
March 7, 2013 by Leave a Comment
The mighty European services industry offers more jobs and employment despite the ongoing financial crisis. Tourism, being the largest service sub-sector offers a strong support base to the recession stricken Eurozone economy. Yesterday the European Commission published a Eurobarometer survey on the tourism industry, with very encouraging findings. According to this survey, “Tourism’s robust and […]Should Europe be afraid of the developing world?
January 4, 2013 by Leave a Comment
China and India are undoubtedly the two heavyweights of the developing world. On their foot-steps one can categorise also Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam and some more countries of South East Asia. Yes, those are the tigers of growth, based on the iron willingness of their people to secure a more or less comfortable life, after […]
