5 Amendments of Alfred SANT related to 2014/2241(INI)
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Draws the attention to the crucial role played by digital revolution in the tourism industry; calls on the Commission to ensure that all tourism sectors and businesses, and in particular SMEs, make the best use of new technologies offered by the internet, in order to expand their electronic commerce in the internal market and move towards higher value digitalised products and processes, whilst at the same time ensuring that citizens and consumers have fair and affordable access to high quality and safe services;
Amendment 19 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Stresses that the promotion of more Visa Tourism platforms with a cautious approach towards the simplification of the Visa Code is an important component to increase tourists from outside Europe; highlights the potential of touring visas for groups or tourists who had already been in the country and the importance of implementing more visa waiver agreements in order to make optimum use of international tourist arrivals;
Amendment 36 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Stresses that Europe must keep its position as the world's number one tourist destination; welcomes the organisation of events and communication campaigns that promote Europe as a tourism destination in particular with third countries' markets and calls on all stakeholders involved to jointly promote Europe not only as a tourist destination, but as well as a destination of excellence with a diversity of national destinations, cultures and tourism services without distorting competition between them;
Amendment 40 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Calls on the Commission to explore the possibility of creating a European Tourism Calendar to coordinate information about European tourism destinations from all member States in all official languages in order to improve consumer's information services and help them find guidance and directions about events, places, and festivals among others;
Amendment 93 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Calls on the Commission to ensure that consumers, who are increasingly using electronic means to plan and purchase their travel arrangements, are to be provided with objective information concerning their rights and with efficient, expedient and affordable means of redress to protect their rights;