The EU's first Commissioner for Sustainable Transport and Tourism addressed the vexed issue of overcrowding at visitor hotspots and announced he is consulting widely with a view to a forthcoming sustainable tourism strategy, at Euronews' Destination Europe Summit in Brussels on Thursday.
Category
🗞
NewsTranscript
00:00With the COVID-19 pandemic now behind us, European tourism is facing another challenge
00:07limiting the consequences of mass tourism.
00:10Professionals and policy makers gathered on Thursday in Brussels for the Destination Europe
00:16Summit.
00:17The first European commissioner in charge of tourism emphasized the importance of an
00:22industry that represents around 3 million businesses and supports more than 20 million
00:27people in the European Union.
00:30According to Apostolos Tsitsikostas, the sector must become more sustainable.
00:35I take this very seriously.
00:39I will engage with all the affected local authorities and with civil society to understand
00:46what and how the EU should act, share best practices, collect essential data to better
00:54manage flows.
00:57Tourism must be developed responsibly.
01:02Developing sustainable tourism is a priority for all stakeholders to ensure that Europe
01:08remains the world's top destination.
01:11Some participants emphasized the need to consider the overall sustainability of tourism.
01:17I see sustainability in the tourism sector having three pillars, not just in tourism
01:22but across all economic sectors and niches, the economic sector, the social sustainability
01:29and also the environmental sustainability.
01:32So sustainability is a three-pillar thing.
01:37The European Commission aims to present a strategy for sustainable tourism in the first
01:42quarter of 2026, seeking to balance economic growth, environmental responsibility and job
01:48development.
01:52For more UN videos visit www.un.org
01:53Transcription by ESO, translation by —
01:54Transcription by —
01:55Transcription by —
01:56Transcription by —
01:57Transcription by —
01:58Transcription by —
01:59Transcription by —
02:00Transcription by —
02:01Transcription by —
02:02Transcription by —
02:03Transcription by —
02:04Transcription by —
02:05Transcription by —
02:06Transcription by —
02:07Transcription by —
02:08Transcription by —
02:09Transcription by —
02:10Transcription by —
02:11Transcription by —
02:12Transcription by —
02:13Transcription by —
02:14Transcription by —
02:15Transcription by —
02:16Transcription by —
02:17Transcription by —
02:18Transcription by —
02:19Transcription by —
02:20Transcription by —