DESTI-SMART welcomes the publication 'Transition pathway for tourism' *
Synergies with the 'Transition Pathway for Tourism' on smart tourism mobility & accessibility identified, to be further developed by the DESTI-SMART partnership.
The aim of this report is to describe the measures and outputs needed to accelerate the green and digital transitions and improve the resilience of the tourism ecosystem. The objective is to encourage and invite all groups and stakeholders in the tourism ecosystem to engage and play their part in the initiative. The work to prepare the pathway has followed a collaborative approach involving all stakeholder groups. Similar active and productive collaboration should support also the way forward. Following the publication of this report, the Commission will invite tourism stakeholders to present their commitments to the transition pathway for tourism, and it will establish collaboration processes for the co-implementation and monitoring of the work. The follow-up of the transition pathway will be facilitated by an online stakeholder collaboration platform, which is to be established by end of 2022. The report includes several references in relation to cultural heritage tourism.
In particular, DESTI-SMART welcomes the several and highly relevant references on:
innovative tourism services using advanced technologies (virtual reality, augmented reality, AI) and digitized cultural heritage
develop and implement smart and sustainable tourism strategies at the right level
* European Commission, Directorate-General for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs, Transition pathway for tourism, 2022, data.europa.eu/doi/10.2873/344425
