Activities of Georges BACH related to 2010/2206(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Tourism in Europe (debate)
Amendments (13)
Amendment 59 #
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 the BRICemerging countries which represent a market of several million potential new tourists;
Amendment 84 #
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 Europecertain EU Member States will be hosting in the next few years (for example, the 2012 Olympic Games in London, the 2015 Milan Universal Exhibition, etc.) with a view to promoting ‘destination Europe’ with all its rich diversity;
Amendment 115 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Considers that the Commission, in collaboration with the tourism industry, should prepare a map of existing professional skills (Tourism Skill Competence Framework) as a starting point from which practical steps to match employment market supply and demand in the tourism sector in Europe can be developed;
Amendment 129 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Asks for improved mutual recognition by the Member States of professional qualifications in the tourist industry so as to allow both those already working in the sector, and those planning to do so, to find the best job opportunities and foster worker mobility in the industry;
Amendment 140 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
Amendment 148 #
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, and for the various Member States, in order to facilitate international travel;
Amendment 153 #
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 introduction in the medium-term of one single regulationan ambitious common legislative framework covering the different means of transport;
Amendment 174 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
Paragraph 28
28. Considers that the Commission and the Council of Europe should continue to support the development, using all means, including financial, the development and maintenance of routes that highlight the European identity through circuits linking symbolic sites in Europe, such as cathedrals, castles, universities and industrial settlements;
Amendment 180 #
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, create jobs in these regions 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 Internet and IT infrastructure in these areas;
Amendment 194 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32
Paragraph 32
32. Calls on the Commission to promote a cross-cutting Community initiative involving various sectors, and the agri- food sector in particular, on the environmental impact of tourism, with particular reference to the waste cycle and to energy and water saving, in order to distribute information and useful materials and raise public awareness;
Amendment 212 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 36
Paragraph 36
36. Takes note of the fact that demographic developments in Europe will give rise to 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 importance of new rules on cross-border healthcare for the further promotion of health tourism;
Amendment 238 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 40
Paragraph 40
40. Calls on the Commission and the Member States, 2011 being the European Year of Volunteering, to encourage young people to volunteer for to encourage the implementation of programmes restoring, preserving and protecting sites of cultural, historical or environmental interest with a view to improving their accessibility to tourists; encourages young people to volunteer for these programmes in 2011, the European Year of Volunteering, and beyond;
Amendment 253 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 45
Paragraph 45
45. Requests that the Commission table by September 2011 a legislative proposal revising the Package Travel Directive 90/314/EEC, in order to ensure consumers and firms in the sector have a clear legal framework forboth in standard situations and, in particular, for exceptional situations caused by, for example, by certain climatic and natural phenomena;