Wednesday, October 30, 2024
The seventeenth annual convention of the European Cultural Tourism Community (ECTN) was accomplished in Dublin with a terrific success.
This yr, the convention was devoted to European cooperation for good and sustainable tourism and it was supported by the Dublin Metropolis Council-European Capital of Sensible Tourism 2024.
Pafos Regional Board of Tourism, Chairs the European Cultural Tourism Community (ECTN) since 2020.
A number of representatives from crucial our bodies and organizations of the European Union have attended and addressed the convention together with UN Tourism, European Journey Fee, ENAT (European Community for Accessible Tourism) Europa Nostra, Committee of the areas and others.
The ECTN convention supplied the chance to convey collectively a variety of stakeholders and consultants from each the cultural and tourism sectors with 45 displays from 19 international locations.
There have been discussions and displays on the newest traits within the subject of cultural heritage, good and sustainable tourism, together with innovation, digital transformation and the event of transnational cultural tourism merchandise.
On the identical time, the European Capitals of Sensible Tourism, Pafos 2023 and Dublin 2024, and shortlisted metropolis of Bremerhaven, participated in an open dialogue with the general public, the place they talked about their examples, challenges and the trail for extra initiatives in the direction of good tourism.
Inside the framework of the convention, the tenth awards ceremony for locations/organizations was additionally organized in 5 classes the place 17 Pan European good practices have been distinguished within the areas of Accessibility to Heritage, Intangible Cultural heritage, Digitization, Transnational thematic routes, Coastal and maritime heritage.
The European Cultural Tourism Community (ECTN) was based in 2009, it’s primarily based in Brussels and is the one pan-European on this subject.
It consists of greater than 29 famend organizations and universities from international locations comparable to Germany, Sweden, Spain, Eire , UK, Italy, Greece, Cyprus, Portugal, Hungary, Poland, Bulgaria, Romania, Croatia, Serbia, and so on.
Pafos Regional Board of Tourism has been an lively member of the Community (ECTN) since 2012, held the place of Vice President from 2016 to 2020 and the Presidency from 2020 to 2024.
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