Policies & funding

Explore the challenges of sustainable tourism, from overtourism to the importance of generating real benefits for local communities.

The Life programme celebrates its 30th anniversary this year, testifying to the solidity and continuity of European action in “bringing green ideas to LIFE”.

Recovery and Resilience Facility aims to act and mitigate the socio-economic effects of Covid-19 in European countries

The Friuli Venezia Giulia Region published a call for proposals for the Interreg VI Italy-Slovenia Programme 2021-2027 with a deadline of December 20th

The latest SMP call invests a total amount of 20,5 million on tourism, where the maximum eligible budget for a single project is 4 million

Erasmus+ acts in the fields of education, training, youth and sport, which are crucial for the full development of citizens

Euromonitor shows that the ranking is dominated by Europe, but underlines the necessity to improve transport conditions to lower emissions.

The Just Transition Fund targets the consequences of climate transition by targeting diversification and reconversion

The European Commission and stakeholders work together to draw up a new industrial strategy towards 2030.

REACT-EU has the largest budget within NextGenerationEU and it is one of the most influential instruments. It is an initiative arose from the Covid-19 pandemic

InvestEU, a new programme in the 2021-2027 budgetary period, aims to foster investment, support recovery and project the economy into the future

The budget of Creative Europe, the European programme supporting the cultural and audiovisual sectors, rises to €2.44 billion for the next seven years.

Horizon Europe is the EU programme dedicated to research and innovation and has a total budget of €95.5 billion, including €5.4 billion for Next Generation EU, the plan for Europe’s recovery.   The programme is based on three cross-cutting pillars: Excellent Science, Global Challenges and European Industrial Competitiveness, and Innovative Europe. The key strategic orientations can be summarised as: digitisation, protection of biodiversity, environmental and economic sustainability, creating a resilient, inclusive and democratic society.  Within the Programme, the tourism sector can

In the analysis of the report “Lessons Learnt” published by the World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC), we have already talked about the importance of “collaboration and co-ordination” and of a human-centric approach in the tourism sector. Here we report three other fundamental elements for the recovery of the entire industry: 1. Health & hygiene are the new normal The pandemic has completely

As already reported, the World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) published the report “Lessons Learnt” which summarizes twelve “lessons” learnt during the pandemic. Along with the relevant role played by “collaboration and co-ordination” in crisis management, another key factor is the importance of “focusing on humanity”. Continuous lockdowns and compulsory isolation had such an impact on everyone’s daily life that, in order to

“Digital Europe” is a new Programme that is part of the 2021-2027 EU budgetary period, with the aim of bringing citizens, businesses and public administration closer to digitalisation.  The pandemic has accelerated the digital transition, and the European Union plans to allocate €7.6 billion for the following areas of interest: supercomputing (€2.2 billion), artificial intelligence (€2.1 billion), cybersecurity (€1.6 billion), advanced digital skills (€580 million), widespread use of digital technologies (€1.1 billion).  The tourism

The call for proposals “Covid-19 Recovery through Sustainable Tourism Growth and SME Support” under the EU’s Single Market Programme (SMP) is open until February 16, 2022 with a total budget of 12 420 000 euros.   Direct support to the tourism sector is aimed at fostering a more resilient, innovative and sustainable ecosystem. In this perspective, the overall objective is to monitor the sustainability performance

With the aim of helping tourism sector’s stakeholders and players deal with future crises, the World Travel & Tourism Council published the report “Lessons Learnt” which summarises twelve lessons learnt during the pandemic. The first key factor is “collaboration and co-ordination are integral for crisis management”.  Despite the incentives coming from relevant stakeholders, over the last year it has been noticed

Proposals under the first call of the “Interreg Central Europe Programme 2021-2027” must be submitted by February the 23th. The total budget for this first call is 72 million euros distributed over four axes, which envision a united central Europe cooperating in order to be smarter, greener, better connected and with a better governance. Source: Interreg CE-Terms-of-Reference Call 1  Eligible proposals must be

70 travel and tourism organisations express their support to any effort – based on scientific evidence – to keep protecting and ensuring the freedom of movement and avoid a patchwork of diverging national measures within the EU/EEA as well as internationally. In light of the evolving epidemiological situation and the continued emergence of new COVID-19

Twissen interviewed Fabio Carbone, Ambassador of the International Institute for Peace through Tourism, analyzing the interconnection between Peace and Tourism e the future challenges

Twissen interviewed Fabio Carbone, Ambassador of the International Institute for Peace through Tourism, analyzing the interconnection between Peace and Tourism

The European Travel Commission released a report to propose a common vision for European NTOs. Focus is on sustainability and digital transformation processes.

Innovative green practices, measurable benefits for the local community, transferability of the green transition strategy, long-term solution-based approach: these are the assessment criteria for destinations applying for The European Destinations of Excellence (EDEN) initiative

The emerging challenges for the tourism sector lead to a growing need for training across all levels, with innovative methods of use and technologies that will bring new business opportunities for companies spreading knowledge

Tourism policies and consumers’ decisions increasingly show us that sustainability cannot be part of a niche tourism anymore, indeed, it is the prerequisite for the recovery of the whole tourism system

A new digital era for tourism SMEs to fastly recover after the pandemic

Chinese banks will be financing 320 national cultural and tourism projects to promote high-quality development of the relevant industries. The projects were jointly selected by the Ministry of Culture and Tourism and six banks, including the China Development Bank and the Export-Import Bank of China. The projects are expected to receive a total investment of

A study suggests the policies that the UK could implement to consolidate the tourism sector as a profitable and thriving sector

Cooperation among the players and facilitations both for companies and tourists could help the recover of the
travel sector

In the framework of 2018 EU-China Year of Tourism there are several initiatives that are in progress and some interesting business opportunities.

The EU-China Tourism Year can lead to mutual benefits for tourism destinations.

In China, companies operating in the bike sharing sector are receiving several investment rounds.

Ride sharing companies are facing several complications due to national regulations.

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Dowload the Report to know more about the trend.

Dowload the Report to know more about the trend.

Some useful tips to design at best a proposal for the EU call on transnational tourism products.

A new EU call for proposals aims to foster the connection between tourism, CCIs and technology.

Car sharing is a growing trend in European cities, and finds growing potential in business travels.

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Airports are joining the sustainability and energy efficiency trend.

Cycling tourism in Europe shows the importance of technology and experience.

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Dowload the Twissen Season Report Fall 2016 to know more about the trend.

Dowload the Twissen Season Report Fall 2016 to know more about the trend.

A new European call for proposals aims to deseasonalise tourism offer in coastal areas and to enhance growth and create new jobs.

There’s a full engagement both from policy makers and private operators to cultural tourism. This year the Italian National Strategic Plan included it in the vision as in 2015 cultural tourism arrivals recorded a +7% and overnights +5% yoy. In Andalucia (Spain) the government planned important investments on this segment and a cluster was established

During the 2014-2020 period, along with the new partnership between European Union and Italy, Italy will manage about 44 billion euros, a sum of European structural and investment funds (SIE Funds), to which will be added about 20 billion euros of national co-financing. But the opportunities of the new programme don’t stop here. “Tourism is

Allowing everyone to enjoy a unique tourism experience is the aim of accessible tourism. It is both a social responsibility and a competitive opportunity for the tourism destinations and for enterprises. According to the UN estimates, about 650 million disabled people live on this planet. Considering their relatives too, it is estimated that about 2