Activities of Dace MELBĀRDE related to 2020/2038(INI)
Opinions (1)
OPINION on establishing an EU Strategy for Sustainable Tourism
Amendments (8)
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Recognises that cultural tourism has significant potential to generate growth and jobs in the EU, with as many as four in ten tourists already choosing their destination on the basis of its cultural offering; stresses, in this regard, that some cultural destinations see excessive and often unmanageable numbers of tourists, surpassing their reception capacities and putting cultural heritage at risk and often undermining local lifestyles and traditions; highlights, meanwhile, that other regions in Europe with rich cultural offering still have underdeveloped tourism sectors; believes that developing and promoting tourism in such regions would not only broaden the choice for people seeking new destinations and experiences, but could also help reduce tourist flows to excessively visited and popular sites and locations as well as help lessen the socioeconomic inequalities between various regions and Member States;
Amendment 24 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls on the Member StateIs concerned about tourism becoming increasingly homogenous with tourists demanding as well as tour operators and tourist destinations providing uniform experiences that undermine local traditions and cultural and linguistic diversities; calls on the Member States and other relevant stakeholders to further promote sustainable cultural tourism and uphold cultural rights, paying particular attention to local economies, lifestyles and, traditions and environment, and ensuring that local industries and, communities and other relevant stakeholders are closely involved;
Amendment 31 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Believes that tour operators can and must play an increasing role in promoting sustainable tourism by, inter alia, encouraging customers to reduce their waste, promoting sustainable activities and educating them about the places they are visiting, especially the value and protection of cultural heritage;
Amendment 37 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Takes the view that a holistic approach to sustainable cultural tourism must also include engagement with and among civil society networks and greater cooperationwithin and between the Member States;
Amendment 40 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Insists on the need, without prejudice to the principle of subsidiarity, to promote and supplement the capacities of the Member States in education and training in the field of sustainable and responsible tourism;
Amendment 54 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Is concerned about the impact on cultural heritage sites of poorly managed tourism and uncontrolled development; is further concerned that due to COVID-19 outbreak and the associated economic downturn which may have an impact on funding for culture both at national and the EU level, the protection of cultural heritage from, inter alia, human-made hazards may be seriously undermined; calls on the Commission to propose concrete measures to preserve and protect cultural heritage in the light of these human- made hazards;
Amendment 64 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Highlights the important role European initiatives can play in encouraging travel to less well-known and less popular destinations and rural areas and low-season travel so as to promote sustainability, responsibility and accessibility in tourism, especially for persons with disabilities; welcomes the European Smart Tourism Awards with explicit award categories for accessibility, sustainability, digitalisation as well as cultural heritage and creativity, thus also helping to facilitate exchange of best practices in cultural heritage protection.
Amendment 71 #
8a. Considers that Cultural Routes of the Council of Europe programme help highlighting diverse European history and promoting cultural heritage; believes that the programme must evolve by increasingly advocating for sustainability in tourism, including protection for cultural heritage;