NECSTouR: Towards a more sustainable European tourism policy influenced by regions

• Autor(a) principal: Krucso, Gergo
• Data de Publicação: 2017
• Tipo de documento: Dissertação
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
• Texto Completo: http://hdl.handle.net/10400.8/2855
• topic: NECSTouR; European Union; European tourism policy; sustainable tourism; Domínio/Área Científica::Ciências Sociais::Economia e Gestão

This internship report identifies my performed work as policy assistant at the Network of European Regions for Sustainable and Competitive Tourism. The report offers a unique insight into the organisation's everyday functioning. Preceded by a literature review which is intended to examine the policy arena where NECSTouR operates. The primary target of this report is to provide an overall view on modern European tourism policy, its nature in sustainability and data. Secondly, it discovers the basis of NECSTouR and its strategy to influence policy. The paper clearly points out those areas where the EU needs to act for sustainability. In order to be able make some recommendations for the network, a qualitative research is conducted with members investigating into its strategy, strength and weakness. Conclusion and recommendation offers valuable findings to consider by NECSTouR.