Action 13 Com. 30.06.2010 EC Europe, the world's No 1 tourist destination
COMMUNICATION FROM THE COMMISSION TO THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT, THE COUNCIL, THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COMMITTEE AND THE COMMITTEE OF THE REGIONS
Europe, the world's No 1 tourist destination – a new political framework for tourism in Europe
5. A new action framework to meet the challenges
5.2 Promote the development of sustainable, responsible and high-quality tourism
Action 13. Develop a European 'Qualité Tourisme' brand, based on existing national experience, to increase consumer security and confidence in tourism products and reward rigorous efforts by tourism professionals whose aim is quality of tourism service for customer satisfaction
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Mapping existing certificated tourist SMES and qualified companies of the tourism value chain across Europe |
Collecting the feedback of the tourist SMES through dedicated surveys (to be periodically assessed) |
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Establishing a transnational data base, which will be at disposal of the associated members |
Merchandising of original ETQA gadgets, related to the companies’ profiles |
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Publishing periodical web information about the new comers/ETQA members |
Online webinars on monthly basis (free for the associated members) |
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Organization of congresses, seminars, workshops, internships, round tables on the themes of tourism in its economic, social, cultural, environmental, etc |
Applying, wherever possible, to EU call for proposals and/or tenders, in partnership with other European organizations and networks |
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Organizing meetings, to be hosted in different destinations in Europe, aiming at fostering networking among the certified tourist companies and raising the attention of the local policy makers |
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