20 Amendments of Jill EVANS related to 2014/2241(INI)
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Recalls that Europe has a rich cultural, artistic, linguistic, religious, historical heritage, with natural assets, and a wide variety of landscapes, that need to be preserved and promoted;
Amendment 17 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Underlines that Europe's diversity and multiculturalism offer great potential for the development of thematic tourism and allows coordinated promotion of sustainable tourism and cultural exchanges;
Amendment 20 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 c (new)
Paragraph 1 c (new)
1c. Highlights that Europe's breadth of languages - official, co-official, minority and lesser-known - form the bedrock of its cultural heritage and this offers additional opportunities in terms of tourism on all levels;
Amendment 42 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Points out that access needs to be made more universal by taking into account, in particular, the needs of people with disabilities, families with children and older persons and adapting the facilities and services on offer accordingly; bears in mind that information and booking technologies should be easily accessible for those persons; underlines the enormous progress made thanks to the application and use of new digital technologies for giving universal access to paintings, buildings, and cultural sites;
Amendment 49 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Expects the Commission to present an annual overview on tourism projects that have been co-financed by different EU funds;
Amendment 57 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Expects the Commission to present an overview of up to date data, on the basis of the new Regulation on Tourism Statistics;
Amendment 66 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Supports the promotion of local and regional initiatives such as European crossborder cycle roads in combination with a sustainable transport strategy with railway networks, the ACCR (Association des Centres culturels de rencontre), the European Capitals of Culture, DestiNet Portals network on best practices examples of sustainable tourism in Europe;
Amendment 72 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Points out that cultural tourism in different regions helps diversify traditional economic activities and creates employment, thereby avoiding depopulation and the abandonment and deterioration of many valuable cultural sites, and preventing traditions, and customs from dying out;
Amendment 87 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls in particular for the creation of a ‘Brand Destination Europe’ with the aim of complementing and enhancing the promotional activities of Member States, national tourismand regional tourism organisations as well as regional (cross- border) organisations and the European tourism industry for the benefit of the visibility of European tourism destinations at national, regional and local level;
Amendment 147 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Believes furthermore that targeted tourist products which offer a specific tourism experience are more promising in helping to overcome seasonality in Europe than tourism products targeting specific age groups (e.g. seniors and young people); calls on the Commission, therefore, to review the objectives for action under the COSME programme; believes that increased amounts of (co-)funding for sustainable tourism projects must be reserved within the COSME programme;
Amendment 149 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Considers the strong potential sport, music and arts festival have to mobilise tourists from Europe and abroad;
Amendment 203 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Calls on the Commission to continue promoting sustainable tourism in cooperation with the ETC by establishing a European network, developing new specific products and setting up a Europe- wide web platform that brings together information on products and destinations as well as their green proofs, like eco- certificates, in one database with access through the Visiteurope.com portal;
Amendment 205 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Calls on the Commission to carry out a study on sustainability certificates for soft tourism services, including e.g. analysis of the voluntary instruments and which instruments have been successful;
Amendment 212 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Stresses the importance of ensuring the development of sustainable, responsible tourism where the concept of the ‘smart destination’ should be central to destination development, combining the aspects of sustainability, experiential tourism and appropriate use of natural resources, together with the new technologies; is convinced that information networks on soft tourism projects offer good opportunities for the support of SMEs, local sustainable development, sustainable jobs and stable economies;
Amendment 226 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17a. Underlines that Europe’s diversity and multiculturalism offer great potential for the development of thematic tourism and allows coordinated promotion of sustainable tourism and cultural exchanges;
Amendment 227 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 b (new)
Paragraph 17 b (new)
17b. Highlights that Europe’s breadth of languages - official, co-official, minority and lesser-known - form the bedrock of its cultural heritage and are themselves key to sustainable and responsible tourism;
Amendment 240 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Considers that sensitive regions such as islands, coasts and mountains often depend strongly on tourism business and are the first affected by climate change; is therefore convinced that climate protection should be a priority and more strongly integrated into European, national and regional tourism and transport policies;
Amendment 244 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18a. Recognises that sustainable urban tourism is a fast growing business and that mobility and transport policy in touristic centres of cities should be efficient, sustainable and lead to win-win situations for both the visitors and the visited;
Amendment 272 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)
Paragraph 20 a (new)
20a. Underlines that the ‘tourism for all’ principle allows and empowers people with special needs to enjoy their rights as citizens;
Amendment 324 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28 a (new)
Paragraph 28 a (new)
28a. Raises the importance of offering the webinars, portals and platforms in regional and Member State languages in order to ensure the territorial benefits of this action;