7 Amendments of Adrián VÁZQUEZ LÁZARA related to 2020/2038(INI)
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Emphasises that agrotourism makes a significant contribution to the rural economy, represents an important additional source of income for many farms and, offers a wide range of opportunities to maintain the attractiveness of rural areas and create jobs, improves the business environment for the craft sector, agricultural holdings and rural businesses and prevents depopulation of the rural areas by boosting growth;
Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Highlights that the COVID-19 crisis has strongly hit tourism activities in rural areas, and this has had a significant negative impact on revenues coming from agri-tourism. Therefore calls the European Commission and Member States to strengthen agri-tourism initiatives as part of the recovery plan and to ring-fence a specific allocation.
Amendment 25 #
2b. Stresses the benefits of rural tourism and calls on the Commission and the Member States to further promote and support initiatives, which would generate additional income sources for rural areas, job opportunities and prevent depopulation.
Amendment 34 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Welcomes the growing inclination toward local and authentic travel experiences including the consumption of local and organic food products; calls on the Commission and the Member States to support campaigns raising awareness about the positive impact of sustainable ecotourism on the conservation of the biodiversity, responsible consumption of natural resources and learning experiences, educating and influencing lifestyle choices towards greener and more sustainable living;
Amendment 46 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Underlines the importance and the need of better promotion of local tourism, which can significantly contribute to the achievement of some of the goals outlined in the European Green deal by reducing the distance travelled by each person and lowering the climate impact, improving the tourism environmental management by taking the pressure from overly populated tourist sites, while at the same time benefits the rural regions and local communities and helps to reduce the depopulation of these regions;
Amendment 53 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to strengthen their efforts to improve the connectivity and multi- modal sustainable travel in the rural and peripheral areas, as well as the access to broadband internet in these regions, which are essential for the development of sustainable tourism and for the digital transformation of tourism services, which will offer more choices, better allocation of resources and new ways of managing travel and tourist flows;
Amendment 55 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Notes that rural tourism provides between 10 and 20% of rural income and employment, twice tourism’s income and employment levels averaged across Europe, and offers two-fold benefits: income diversification for farmers and a wide opportunity to connect consumers with the origins of food, biodiversity and nature, which contributes to the transmission of a high quality image of EU agriculture.