UNITED KINGDOM TOURISM ADMINISTRATIVE AND TERRITORIAL ORGANISATION

Britain’s tourism industry is a dynamic affiliation of public and private sector organisations including small- to medium-size enterprises (SMEs); international private businesses (eg. airlines or large hotel chains), as well as Destination Management Organisations (DMOs) at local and regional level.

Each of the countries within the British Isles also has its own national tourist board which works closely together.

THE KEY TOURISM SECTORS IN THE EU

1. ACCOMMODATION

  • Hotels (Hotel properties, Deluxe, airport and convention hotels, All-suite hotels, Smaller, privately owned hotels, Resort hotels and lodges, Motels, motor hotels and inns)
  • Bed and Breakfasts and Farm/Ranch Vacation Sites
  • Cabins, Cottages and Houseboats
  • Campgrounds

 2. RECREATION AND ENTERTAINMENT

SIMPLIFICATION OF EU VISA RULES

To facilitate the lives of tourists visiting the EU and to stimulate the European economy, the European Commission proposed important changes to the Schengen Area visa rules in April 2014.

The main elements of the package are:

TIMESHARE AND LONG-TERM HOLIDAY PRODUCTS DIRECTIVE

European legislation governs the laws and obligations resulting from contracts for the purchase of timeshare and similar products. This harmonisation aims at further protecting European consumers, including in the case of some contracts with an international scope.

Act

Directive 2008/122/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 January 2009 on the protection of consumers in respect of certain aspects of timeshare, long-term holiday product, resale and exchange contracts (Text with EEA relevance).

Summary

REVISION OF THE PACKAGE TRAVEL DIRECTIVE

On 28 May 2015 the EU Council backed the new Package Travel Directive, bringing it up to date with the developments in the travel market. Following publication in the EU's Official Journal in the autumn 2015, Member States will have two years to implement the new rules and traders a further period of 6 months to adapt to the new rules.

Scope of the Directive

EP TOURISM TASK FORCE MEMBERS

The Tourism Task Force of the EP’s Committee on Transport and Tourism (TRAN) has a mandate to:

  • monitor and follow actions started by the Commission which are related with Tourism;
  • involve various stakeholders of the sector to propose concrete measures to be suggested to the Commission;
  • highlight certain political priorities related to Tourism;
  • study the possibility of setting-up a budget line for Tourism.

Chair : Michael Cramer (Germany)

Vice-Chair: Istvan Ujhelyi (Hungary)

EU TOURISM STAKEHOLDERS

EU Tourism Stakeholders fall into 3 categories : Tourism Industry, Transport and Civil Society. Here below is a non-exhaustive listing of stakeholders at both EU and International level.

EU LEVEL REGULATORY AND ADMINISTRATIVE FRAMEWORK AFFECTING TOURISM

Based on EC Public Consultation December 2013  thru March 2014

 EU Level Regulatory and Administrative Framework Affecting Tourism

ITALY TOURISM ADMINISTRATIVE AND TERRITORIAL ORGANIZATION

Nel 2013 il settore Turismo è stato trasferito dalla Presidenza del Consiglio dei Ministri al Ministero dei Beni e delle Attività Culturali, che ha assunto la denominazione di Ministero dei Beni e delle Attività Culturali e del Turismo.

Il Governo sta lavorando a un decreto sul turismo che avrà come punti essenziali la promozione unica dell'Italia all'estero, superando la frammentazione regionalistica.

DENMARK TOURISM ADMINISTRATIVE AND TERRITORIAL ORGANIZATION

The Ministry of Economic and Business Affairs is responsible for the coordination of Danish tourism policy, international policy tasks related to the EU, etc. The ministry co-operates with a number of other Danish authorities, for instance the Ministry of the Environment, including the Danish Forest and Nature Agency (Naturstyrelsen) and the Agency for Spatial and Environmental Planning (By- og Landskabsstyrelsen).

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