Activities of Inés AYALA SENDER related to 2010/2206(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Tourism in Europe (debate)
Amendments (21)
Amendment 2 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 6 a (new)
Citation 6 a (new)
– having regard to the Madrid Declaration ‘Towards a socially responsible tourism model’ adopted at the informal meeting of Ministers on 15 April 2010,
Amendment 13 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas social tourism not only contributes to the traditional aims of the tourist industry but also has a direct impact on improving the quality of life and health of citizens, especially families and the elderly, as the Calypso Pilot Project promoted by Parliament has shown,
Amendment 18 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas, on the basis of this new competence and in full compliance with the principle of subsidiarity, an EU strategy with clear and ambitious goals needs to be drawn upview of the prolonged economic and financial crisis, there is an urgent need for a clearly proactive integrated EU strategy with clear and ambitious goals, in full compliance with the principle of subsidiarity,
Amendment 19 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas the Community tourism policy will need to ensure that the new competences and the future tourism policy of the EU have the effectiveness and visibility that European citizens and our visitors require, they will not only need a strategy and action plan but must also be adequately resourced in the EU’s 2014- 2020 financial programme,
Amendment 20 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)
Recital F a (new)
Fa. whereas the economies of the outermost regions and some island regions of the EU depend almost entirely on air transport in view of their extreme remoteness and isolated nature, calling for measures adapted to their dependence on that transport mode,
Amendment 33 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Stresses the need for close cooperation between EU, national, regional and local authorities on the one hand and between the institutions as a whole and stakeholders in the sector on the other; recalls that in regard to tourism many European regions have direct powers and play, therefore, a central role in implementing projects and specific actions; hopes to see the regions playing a direct and effective part in future Community proposals on tourism, and interregional coordination in promoting the latter; to the same end, calls on the municipal authorities to take a full part in defining the development of the new tourism policy;
Amendment 49 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Agrees with the Commission’s proposal that a ‘European label brand’ be developed in conjunction with the Member States and with national tourism agencies, under which, while respecting territorial diversity, the concept of Europe as a whole should be promoted worldwide as a tourist destination;
Amendment 63 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Stresses the importance of collaborating with non-EU countries, including through partnerships, and in particular with our neighbours and the BRIC countries which represent a market of several million potential new tourists;
Amendment 87 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Calls on the Commission to assess, in close collaboration with operators in the sector, innovative ways of promoting ad hoc European package holidays during the major international events that Europe will be hosting in the next few years (for example, the 2012 Olympic Games in London, the 2015 Milan Universal Exhibition, etc.and the 2014 World Basketball Championship in Spain) with a view to promoting ‘destination Europe’ with all its rich diversity;
Amendment 93 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Calls on the Commission to assess in conjunction with the Member States the possibility of creating a ‘European Tourism Card’ for the purpose of encouraging tourists who travel in Europe, whether from Member States or from countries outside the EU to do so regularly, by offering information including a list of their rights, discounts and dedicated services;
Amendment 114 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Stresses the importance of paying due attention to the question of safety in accommodation, particularly in regard to fire safety regulations; considers therefore that incentives should be given for voluntary adherence to the MBS (Management, Building and System) method promoted by HOTREC, without prejudice to national regulations in force in line with the 1986 Council recommendations; stresses also the importance of always bearing in mind the needs of the disabled and people with reduced mobility;
Amendment 119 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Considers that the Commission, in collaboration with the tourism industry and the social partners, should prepare a map of existing skills (Tourism Skill Competence Framework) as a starting point from which practical steps to match market supply and demand can be developed;
Amendment 143 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Urges the Commission to promote the use of more sustainable means of transport and to pay particular attention to connections with island, taking into account the access problems affecting islands, the outermost regions, rural areas and mountainous areas and, more generally, with less accessible destinations with poor connections to the transport network;
Amendment 150 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
25. Stresses the need to promote integrated electronic ticket sales systems for the various means of transport, stimulating in this way the system’s intermodality;
Amendment 156 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
Paragraph 26
26. Welcomes the EU’s legislation on passenger rights, particularly in regard to passengers with reduced mobility, and hopes to see the introductionasks the Commission to put forward in the medium- term of one singlene common and consistent regulation covering the different means of transport;
Amendment 167 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
Paragraph 27
27. Welcomes the Commission’s readiness to diversify the types of tourism available; stresses, in particular, the importance of the collaboration already underway with the Council to promote cultural, historical, religious and environmental tourism by means of themed routes like the pilgrim route to Santiago de Compostela which not only exploit our continent’s historical and cultural roots, but also contribute to the development of an alternative style of tourism, one that is sustainable and accessible to all; considers that the use of sustainable means of transport, including cycling, should be encouraged in connection with several routes;
Amendment 183 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30
Paragraph 30
30. Considers that rural tourism and agritourism should be properly supported, being sectors that improve the quality of life, bring economic diversity to rural areas, keep people there and thus prevent depopulation and establish a direct link with the promotion of traditional, ecological and natural food products; observes, in this respect, the importance of ensuring full access to the transport network and to the Internet and IT infrastructure in these areas;
Amendment 191 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31 a (new)
Paragraph 31 a (new)
Amendment 209 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35
Paragraph 35
35. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to support, under an integrated maritime policy, the development of port infrastructure, an essential factor in cruise ship tourism which, despite the recent crisis, is a growth sector and in sports tourism; asks that particular attention be paid to the needs of persons with reduced mobility when renovating port terminals and building new ones;
Amendment 214 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 36
Paragraph 36
36. Takes note of the continuing growth in health tourism and in spa tourism in particular; calls on the Commission, in view of the fact that there are a variety of Community rules covering spa-tourism issues, to consider the possibility of tabling a single legislative proposal on spa tourism in order to give the sector a controlled organic structure encouraging its competitiveness; stresses the importrelevance of new rules on cross-border healthcare for the further promotion of health tourism; and that these must be enforced in strict compliance with the criteria and conditions imposed by the new legislative framework in order to ensure fully satisfactory implementation;
Amendment 228 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 38
Paragraph 38
38. Encourages the Commission to foster a progressive reduction in the seasonal nature of tourism by continuing to build on the results, so far positive, of the preparatory action ‘Calypso’; calls, furthermore, on the Commission to press ahead with an exchange programme allowing specific categories of people, starting with the most disadvantaged, to take holidays, particularllow-income families, pensioners and students to travel on holiday during the low season and even travelling across national borders;