{"id":137286,"date":"2025-02-07T07:30:52","date_gmt":"2025-02-07T05:30:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/news\/destination-europe-summit-balancing-tourism-growth-regulation-and-investment\/"},"modified":"2025-02-07T07:30:52","modified_gmt":"2025-02-07T05:30:52","slug":"destination-europe-summit-balancing-tourism-growth-regulation-and-investment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/news\/destination-europe-summit-balancing-tourism-growth-regulation-and-investment\/","title":{"rendered":"Destination Europe Summit: Balancing tourism growth, regulation and investment"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mp_wrapper\">\n  <div class=\"mepr-unauthorized-message\">\n    <p>You are unauthorized to view this page.<\/p>\n  <\/div>\n  <div class=\"mepr-login-form-wrap\">\n            \n<div class=\"mp_wrapper mp_login_form\">\n                  <!-- mp-login-form-start -->     <form name=\"mepr_loginform\" id=\"mepr_loginform\" class=\"mepr-form\" action=\"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/login-2\/\" method=\"post\" data-trp-original-action=\"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/login-2\/\">\n            <div class=\"mp-form-row mepr_username\">\n        <div class=\"mp-form-label\">\n                              <label for=\"user_login\">Username<\/label>\n        <\/div>\n        <input type=\"text\" name=\"log\" id=\"user_login\" value=\"\" \/>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"mp-form-row mepr_password\">\n        <div class=\"mp-form-label\">\n          <label for=\"user_pass\">Password<\/label>\n          <div class=\"mp-hide-pw\">\n            <input type=\"password\" name=\"pwd\" id=\"user_pass\" value=\"\" \/>\n            <button type=\"button\" class=\"button mp-hide-pw hide-if-no-js\" data-toggle=\"0\" aria-label=\"Show password\">\n              <span class=\"dashicons dashicons-visibility\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n            <\/button>\n          <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n            <div>\n        <label><input name=\"rememberme\" type=\"checkbox\" id=\"rememberme\" value=\"forever\" \/> Remember Me<\/label>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"mp-spacer\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n      <div class=\"submit\">\n        <input type=\"submit\" name=\"wp-submit\" id=\"wp-submit\" class=\"button-primary mepr-share-button\" value=\"Log In\" \/>\n        <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"redirect_to\" value=\"\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/137286\" \/>\n        <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"mepr_process_login_form\" value=\"true\" \/>\n        <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"mepr_is_login_page\" value=\"false\" \/>\n      <\/div>\n    <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"trp-form-language\" value=\"en\"\/><\/form>\n    <div class=\"mp-spacer\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n    <div class=\"mepr-login-actions\">\n        <a\n          href=\"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/login-2\/?action=forgot_password\"\n          title=\"Click here to reset your password\"\n        >\n          Forgot Password        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n\n      \n    <!-- mp-login-form-end --> \n  <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"smart_content_wrapper\">\n<p>Business and policy leaders gathered at the Destination Europe Summit &#8211; a collaborative event organised by the European Travel Commission, Booking.com and Euronews, hosted by Euronews anchor Meabh McMahon. Guests at the summit discussed the future of the tourism industry &#8211; balancing growth, regulation and sustainability investment.<\/p>\n<p>Miguel Sanz, president of the European Travel Commission, took to the stage in Brussels after an introduction from Euronews\u2019 Meabh McMahon &#8211; stressing the importance of travel to Europe\u2019s \u201clifestyle, culture and connectivity\u201d. He spoke of the effect of digitalisation of the travel sector and argued that more attractions and destinations must be available to book online. Presenting Europe as \u201cthe world\u2019s favourite destination\u201d, Sanz said the region must strive to retain its competitive edge. Sanz nonetheless highlighted the risks that come with large numbers of visitors: \u201cOvertourism is putting strain on infrastructure, housing costs, and local communities.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Apostolos Tzitzikostas, the European commissioner for sustainable transport and tourism, reasserted the importance of tourism for Europe, calling it a \u201cpowerhouse for economic growth, for job creation, for social development\u201d. He outlined the EU\u2019s new tourism strategy for 2026, which will include a focus on:<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Climate adaptation and sustainability funding<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 SME digital transformation, including AI adoption<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Infrastructure investment and visitor management.<\/p>\n<p>He emphasised that small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs)\u2014which form the backbone of Europe\u2019s tourism sector\u2014must know how to access funding opportunities to remain competitive. Moreover, he noted how the European Commission has pledged to simplify financing programs. \u201cWe need to make things simpler, and we will,\u201d he stated.<\/p>\n<p>Glenn Fogel, CEO of Booking.com, raised concerns about regulatory hurdles slowing down Europe\u2019s competitiveness. Fogel also addressed overtourism, suggesting that some destinations may need to explore pricing mechanisms to control visitor numbers, but he stressed that governments\u2014not private companies\u2014should lead on this issue. \u201cAs economies grow, overtourism is only going to get worse,\u201d he warned, highlighting destinations such as Paris, Amsterdam and Venice.<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/business\/2025\/02\/06\/destination-europe-summit-balancing-tourism-growth-regulation-and-investment\">Read more&gt;&gt;<\/a><br \/>\nSource: <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/business\/2025\/02\/06\/destination-europe-summit-balancing-tourism-growth-regulation-and-investment\">Euronews<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/vastuullisuusuutiset.fi\/fi\/csr-news-en\/destination-europe-summit-balancing-tourism-growth-regulation-and-investment\/\">Destination Europe Summit: Balancing tourism growth, regulation and investment<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/vastuullisuusuutiset.fi\/fi\">Vastuullisuusuutiset.fi<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[555,17861],"class_list":["post-137286","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-csr-news-en","tag-europe-summit-balancing-tourism-growth"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/137286","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=137286"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/137286\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=137286"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=137286"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=137286"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}