Activities of Nicola DANTI related to 2020/2038(INI)
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on establishing an EU strategy for sustainable tourism
Amendments (35)
Amendment 11 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 13 a (new)
Citation 13 a (new)
- having regard to the Commission communication entitled ‘Europe's moment: Repair and Prepare for the Next Generation’ (COM(2020)0456) and the accompanying Staff Working Document entitled ‘Identifying Europe's recovery needs’ (SWD(2020)0098),
Amendment 12 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 13 b (new)
Citation 13 b (new)
- having regard to the Commission communication entitled ‘A European agenda for the collaborative economy’ (COM(2016)0356) and its resolution of 15 June 2017 on a European Agenda for the collaborative economy (2017/2003(INI)),
Amendment 44 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas the tourism and transport industries were among those most affected by COVID-19; whereas the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development estimates that tourism will decline by 60-80% in 2020; whereas at least six million jobs are at risk in the EU;
Amendment 54 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
Recital E a (new)
E a. whereas in the framework of Next Generation EU the Commission identified a basic investment need for the tourism ecosystem of €161 billion, 22% of the total investment gap in the EU;
Amendment 60 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas Article 195 of the TFEU provides that the Union should coordinate and complement the action of the Member States in tourism, in particular by promoting the competitiveness of Union undertakings in the sector;
Amendment 66 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas there is a lack of coordination in the Union with regard to travelCOVID-19 travel restrictions, with differing national and regional measures;
Amendment 85 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph -1 (new)
Paragraph -1 (new)
-1. Stresses that the COVID-19 outbreak has paralysed the EU tourism sector, putting its ecosystem under unprecedented pressure; highlights that continued short-term financial support is essential to the survival of the industry, especially in light of the second wave of the pandemic; believes nonetheless that the current crisis should lead the Commission and Member States to fully acknowledge the importance of the tourism industry, fully integrate it in European and national industrial development plans, enhance the quality of its offer, making it more sustainable and accessible for all, launch long-overdue public and private investments in the digitalisation and overall modernisation of the sector;
Amendment 87 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Asks the Member States to applyfully implement, without delay, common criteria for travel, in particularand a coordinated approach to ensure travel; stresses the importance of contact tracking forms, which make tracking platforms interoperable, and criteria at transport hubs, and forand warning apps developed in line with the EU toolbox and calls on Member States to ensure their interoperability through the Commission’s interoperability gateway; asks the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control to publish, in a timely manner, the map of Union countries and regions, with a view to offering travellers a coordinated and efficient response, and invites Member States to ensure its dissemination through national broadcasters to ensure it reaches citizens with little or no broadband access;
Amendment 100 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Calls on the European Union Aviation Safety Agency and the ECDC to adopt an EU testing protocol for travel, to be used by Member States, public health authorities and transport hubs, especially airports, to help the safe arrival of passengers and restore travel flows under COVID-19; a negative test result — either via PCR or rapid antigen testing — should allow passengers to avoid or end their quarantine;
Amendment 108 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Calls on the Member States to apply testing onat departure, in order to avoid quarantine periods or arrival hubs, in order to limit the transmission risk, replacing the need for quarantine periods; stresses that any restriction to freedom of movement must be proportionate, temporary and clearly linked to the COVID-19 outbreak;
Amendment 127 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to introduce a common colour code and common criteria for third countries for non-essential travel, through mutual recognition of protective measures against COVID-19, especially in the aviation and cruise sectors; asks the Commission to evaluate the possibility to allow tour operators to organise travel experiences in selected areas in third countries, while respecting rigid health protocols that minimise the risk of contagion;
Amendment 140 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Urges the Commission to introduce the EU hygiene certification seal as a European health security mark, with the aim to rebuild the trust and confidence of travellers, while avoiding administrative burdens on micro, small and medium- sized enterprises;
Amendment 144 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Asks the Commission for recommendations for procedures in the post-vaccine period and to explore the feasibility and need for a digital health passport in the Union; , without undermining individuals’ rights to privacy and data protection;
Amendment 157 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Deplores the fact that Next Generation EU does not include direct financing to the tourism industry and calls on the Member States to include the industry in their recovery plans and in the REACT-EU initiative, in a manner proportionate to the impact of COVID-19 on the sector and to its importance for the Union’s economy;
Amendment 179 #
9. Calls on the Commission to establish a new model of governance between institutions, strengthening the organisational, financial and human resources structure of the Tourism, Textiles and Creative Industries Unit within DG GROW, with a view to taking an integrated and efficient approach to tourismby setting up a dedicated Unit dealing specifically with tourism, with adequate funding, with a view to taking an integrated and efficient approach to tourism; asks the Commission to evaluate whether the current institutional arrangement can adequately respond to the challenges linked to the development of a comprehensive European tourism policy;
Amendment 229 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
Amendment 247 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Notes that sustainable tourism should take into account current and future economic, social and environmental impact, addressing the needs of visitors, the industry, the environment and local communities7 ; highlights that the COVID-19 pandemic has led to a shift in the characteristics of travellers’ demand, towards ‘safe and clean’ tourism, which is likely to persist in the coming years; _________________ 7UNWTO and UNEP (2005) Making Tourism More Sustainable – A Guide for Policy Makers
Amendment 278 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Calls on the Commission to examine the barriers to obtaining the Ecolabel and to expand its scope to other tourism services, as a complement to the EMAS for tourism, and to establish mechanisms to support those certification schemes; stresses the need to support the tourism industry in implementing the principles of the circular economy, that can improve the quality of the tourism experience, strengthen the industry’s competitiveness and reduce its environmental impact;
Amendment 284 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18 a. Invites Member States to explore incentive schemes that can prompt investments aimed at a renovation of the tourism building stock, improving the energy efficiency of buildings, in line with the 2030 and 2050 climate targets, while also making them more modern, smart and inter-connected.
Amendment 292 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Recalls that the lack of metric data on the effects of tourism on sustainability impedes decision-making by public and private actors, and asks Eurostat to establish a frame of reference for the collection of data relating to sustainability, overtourism and undertourism criteria, and calls for the upand calls for the updating of Regulation (EU) No 692/2011; stresses the vast potential that big data and up-to-date data (e.g. on origin and type of bookings, length of stays, average spending broken down per category) have for understanding the evolution of tourism flows and the changes in demand, adapting of Regulation (EU) No 692/2011the offer and implementing adequate policies, with the aim to ensure sustainability and enhance underexplored territories;
Amendment 299 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Criticises the fact that the Commission has not included tourism in theWelcomes the European Data strategy and the proposal to create Common European Ddata Strategy, and calls on it to incorporate tourism in the governance framework for commonspaces; invites the Commission to consider launching a tourism data spaces, enabling tourism businesses to fully commit to innovation and digitalisation;
Amendment 306 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Notes that tourism is closely linked to mobility and that the Member States must, with EU financial support, invest in the transition to cleaner fuels, and in platforms that guarantee the interoperability and intermodality of ticketing systems; recalls the necessity for all Member States to have a modern, safe and sustainable transport infrastructure, in order to facilitate travel across the EU and to make the peripheral and remote areas more accessible for intra-European and international tourism; points out that particular attention should be paid to cross-border missing links and their completion and to the compliance with the TEN-T 2030 and 2050 deadlines;
Amendment 321 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)
Paragraph 22 a (new)
22 a. Encourages the European Commission to develop the EuroVelo network to promote cycle and experience tourism and advocates that it be complemented and improved by creating synergies with local tourism initiatives along or near the network; advocates the promotion of electric bicycles in order to make this type of tourism more accessible to all types of users; proposes the promotion of packages aimed at tourists combined with other sustainable offers.
Amendment 324 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)
Paragraph 22 a (new)
22 a. Welcomes the proposal to establish a European Year of Rail in 2021 and stresses that it can be an occasion to promote rail transport as a means to reach touristic destinations, in particular rural, peripheral and inner areas where possible; invites Member States to organise initiatives that promote the synergies between rail transport and sustainable tourism;
Amendment 328 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 b (new)
Paragraph 22 b (new)
22 b. Highlights the potential of rail as sustainable transport and stresses that there already are sections of rail lines in operation in the EU with an enormous potential to boost experience tourism; advocates that a European catalogue of particularly charming rail journeys be drawn up and that packages aimed at tourists be structured around them.
Amendment 354 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 a (new)
Paragraph 25 a (new)
25 a. Encourages the Commission to include local actors working in income diversification initiatives in rural areas through the creation of tourism products, services or experiences, in the design of new initiatives and the search for synergies between existing ones; encourages efforts to involve producers from the primary sector (agriculture, livestock and fisheries) in these initiatives and to explore the possibility of using the latter as a means of marketing their products and disseminating their cultural or gastronomic traditions.
Amendment 377 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27 a (new)
Paragraph 27 a (new)
27 a. Highlights that new technologies, such as artificial intelligence, robotics, virtual and augmented reality, will have a significant impact on the tourism industry; notes that their uptake requires adequate funding for tourism establishments, particularly micro, small and medium-sized enterprises, to reap the benefits of digitalisation; calls on the Commission and Member States to set up technology incubators and accelerators to provide support and enable the emergence and growth of new innovative tourism enterprises;
Amendment 380 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27 b (new)
Paragraph 27 b (new)
Amendment 381 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27 c (new)
Paragraph 27 c (new)
27 c. Calls on Member States, regional and local authorities, in cooperation with the Commission, to fully integrate the tourism industry in their smart specialisation strategies;
Amendment 400 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30
Paragraph 30
30. Believes that the promotion of the Europe brand in third countries must focus on the diversification of the EU’s offering in cultural and natural heritage, food and health, in cooperation with destinations and tour operators; highlights the attractiveness of pan-European touristic products and services, such as transnational itineraries;
Amendment 414 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31
Paragraph 31
31. Calls on the Commission to evaluate and, if needed, review the Travel Package Directive and the Air Passenger Rights Regulation to take account of the effects of the recent crisis and prevent future legal uncertainty, while retaining high levels of consumer protection and the right to reimbursement;
Amendment 423 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32
Paragraph 32
32. Calls on the Commission to create literacy programmes for senior executives in micro, small and medium-sized enterprises, giving them the skills to optimise their wealth-creating potential and enhance their entrepreneurship; stresses equally the importance of regular training and reskilling of the existing workforce, with a specific focus on digital skills and innovative technologies;
Amendment 431 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32 a (new)
Paragraph 32 a (new)
32 a. Stresses the need to complement this deployment of digital skills with the necessary infrastructure to provide broadband connections for those actors who need it.
Amendment 437 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33
Paragraph 33
33. Calls on the Member States to make efforts to implement the European disability card scheme and lay down in law standards that make tourism accessible to all; highlights that accessible tourism for all can only be achieved with the right combination of legal standards, innovation and technological developments, personnel training, awareness-raising, adequate promotion and communication, throughout the supply chain of the tourism offer; stresses in this regard the importance of European networks where public and private stakeholders can cooperate and exchange best practices;
Amendment 449 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34
Paragraph 34
34. Calls on the Commission to consider the outermost regions and islands in the formulation and impact of tourism legislation;