Vantaa 2021 - 27th National Session of EYP Finland General Assembly, 4 July 2021
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION BY THE COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORT AND TOURISM (TRAN) Ready, set, travel! Thanks to global vaccination campaigns, many European economies that depend greatly on tourism are eager to welcome foreigners again. Taking into consideration the impact of overtourism on the environment and culture of local communities, what steps should the EU take in order to reactivate tourism-dependent economies in a sustainable and responsible way? Submitted by: Minh Anh Doan (DE), Hilla Kauppinen (FI), Ceyda Kilinc (TR), Lucia Scotto Di Apollonia (NL), Altan Tekgul (TR), Lauri Valola (FI), Guillermo Tenney Díaz (ES/AD, Chairperson)
Context Statement Overtourism leads to a degraded tourist experience and has negative implications for the environment and on local communities’ quality of life. These implications include increased noise and particle pollution as well as excessive services demand, the latter leading to expensive housing prices and saturation of public services. Furthermore, tourism-dependent businesses are facing financial struggles due to competition with international corporations.
The European Youth Parliament aims to secure the interests of all stakeholders, including businesses, tourists, and locals, as well as to promote sustainable and responsible travel. For that purpose, we aim to reduce overcrowding in tourism destinations, solve housing issues, improve infrastructure and services in Member States, and increase the demand for less visited destinations across Europe.
Because ● We believe that the tourism industry should respect the environmental standards, ● It is necessary to improve tourist experience through relieving excessive demand,
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