3rd AER Seminar on sustainable tourism

About 60 delegates from Regions all over Europe attended this 3rd AER Seminar dedicated to the problems of seasonality in for tourist destinations in European Regions.

Contributions to the debate

Important: all the speeches have to be checked against delivery.

• Introduction to the debate on quality sustainable tourism Onno HOES, Regional Minister in Noord-Brabant, AER Committee C President

• The Swedish government tourism policy Dennis BEDEROFF, Head of the Swedish Tourist Authority

• Valencian Region TCV International Tourism Trade Fair Gustavo MARTINIE, tourism expert, Representation of the Valencian Community in Brussels

• The relationship between costal erosion and tourism activities along the Tuscany coast Luigi CIPRIANI, Department for territorial and environmental policies, Tuscany Region

• Seasonal tourism and its social, economic and environmental impact: the example of the Aosta Valley Paolo LINTY, Department for the promotion and development of tourist and sport activities, Valle d'Aosta

• Seasonality: a responsible tourism approach Dr Harold GOODWIN, Director of the International Centre for Responsible Tourism and Responsible Tourism Partnership

• Seasonality in Hungary: the National Tourism Development Strategy Tamas ZAHONYI, Head of Unit, Hungarian Tourist Authority

• Nature's Best, a Swedish Ecotourism quality label Dan JONASSON, President of Nature's Best

• The European Association of Tourism Eco-Labels: VISIT Asnate ZIEMELE, President of the Latvian Country Tourism Association, Representative of VISIT

• The promotion of mountain quality produce and rural areas Kristiina URPALAINEN, Director of Euromontana

• Promoting the discovery of regional cultural heritage: the example of Sami tourism Robert PETTERSON, European Tourism Research Institute & Lennart PITTJA, Pathfinder

• Developing the offer for off-peak seasons with environmentally-friendly activities: the example of Central and Easter European Greenways Jano ROHAC, Central and Easter European Greenways, Project coordinator in Slovakia

• Low-cost air travel and regional cooperation: an opportunity to overcome seasonality Bertil MANSON, Malmö-Sturup Airport

• Presentation of the new AER web portal for sustainable tourism Thomas CARLSSON, Tourist officer, Vasterbotten County Council - Coordinator of the AER network for environment and tourism

Further working documents and information on AER activities concerning tourism are available here.