8 Amendments of Pedro GUERREIRO related to 2008/2132(INI)
Amendment 25 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1a (new)
Paragraph 1a (new)
1a. Stresses that the key challenges for sustainable tourism also require: a less seasonal demand pattern; prosperous local communities with a better quality of life; minimisation of the impact of resource consumption and waste production; and the conservation and promotion of the natural and cultural heritage;
Amendment 26 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1b (new)
Paragraph 1b (new)
1b. Stresses the need to safeguard workers' rights in the sector, promoting quality jobs and the acquisition of skills; this entails, inter alia, suitable training, more use of long-term contracts, equitable and decent wages and better working conditions;
Amendment 27 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1c (new)
Paragraph 1c (new)
1c. Calls on the Member States to promote planning models aimed at countering the urgent situation produced by mass- tourism-based projects which have had major negative effects on the coastline in terms of the preservation of nature and of the historical and cultural heritage while failing to integrate or involve the local communities;
Amendment 28 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1d (new)
Paragraph 1d (new)
1d. Believes that the tourist industry should be a factor contributing to territorial cohesion, economic development and employment at regional level, and stresses the need for a transversal approach to the sector in terms of Community policies and funds, notably via the creation of a specific Community programme, complementing the Member States' actions, to promote the sector and encourage synergies between the various social and economic players involved;
Amendment 38 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3a (new)
Paragraph 3a (new)
3a. Stresses the need to continue pursuing a model of tourism which will reduce the seasonal element by means of supply structures that can offer an alternative cycle to the traditional supply in coastal zone, familiarising enterprises there with the notion of regular year-long service, with positive consequences for job stability and enabling local communities to profit more fully from tourism, thus contributing to sustainable economic development and to those communities' quality of life;
Amendment 40 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3b (new)
Paragraph 3b (new)
3b. Stresses the need to minimise the adverse effects of tourist activity, and advocates compensatory measures for the local communities, notably as regards pollution, environmental deterioration and increased living costs, as well as measures to safeguard local identities and cultures;
Amendment 75 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10a (new)
Paragraph 10a (new)
10a. Recalls that certain tourist-oriented coastal regions have been penalised by the so-called 'statistical effect' in the current financial framework for 2007-2013, and therefore calls for compensatory measures at European level for those regions;
Amendment 100 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16a (new)
Paragraph 16a (new)
16a. Stresses the need to apply the Structural Funds with a view to improving links between coastal and inland areas in the context of reinforcing territorial cohesion, making use of the potential knock-on effect of coastal tourism on the inland areas and generating interterritorial complementarities;