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March 15, 2024

Pulse Check: Tourism support from local governments

ETOA Pulse Check: Our members' opinion on support for tourism from local governments.
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February 28, 2024

ETOA Industry Day Brussels February 2024

The complete slide deck from our Industry Day in Brussels in February 2024.
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February 10, 2024

Pulse Check: Operating environment for tourism in 2024

ETOA Pulse Check: Our members' opinion on the operating environment in 2024 compared with 2023.
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December 20, 2023

Mabrian Trending Destinations for 2024

Our data partners, Mabrian, have produced the latest update of their travel motivation analysis for 2024 focusing on the evolution of trends in motivations to visit Europe.
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December 6, 2023

Data Appeal Industry Blog

A selection of articles and opinion pieces from our data partners at Data Appeal.
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November 13, 2023

Data Appeal on How Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour transforms destination marketing

Data Appeal blog on the impact of the European leg of Taylor Swift's Eras tour to Milan, Amsterdam and London.
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November 2, 2023

ETOA Industry Briefing November 2023

The complete slide deck from our Industry Briefing in November 2023.
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September 29, 2023

Mabrian Evolving traveller behaviour: the rise of experiential travelling

Mabrian study using social listening to analyse traveller motivation for experiential activities.
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September 27, 2023

Euromonitor blog on Paris 2024 Olympic Games: Challenges and Opportunities for French Tourism

Euromonitor article on the impact of the Paris Olympics on visitor numbers, regular tourism business ad post games legacy.
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August 17, 2023

CELTH Research and Reports Archive

A full listing of relevant reports from our partners at CELTH.
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July 19, 2023

ForwardKeys on the importance of events in destination marketing

ForwardKeys blogs on the importance of events in destination marketing, with supporting data from the events module of their Destination Gateway platform.
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July 19, 2023

ETOA Olympic Report Archive

Archive of ETOA's Olympic Games Reports dating from 2006-2010
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July 18, 2023

Unlocking Travel’s Potential – The importance of UK-EU mobility for jobs and growth

An ABTA report discussing the barriers that have arisen following the UK’s exit from the EU, focussing on the ability of UK businesses to hire UK nationals to work in the EU. The short report contains a multitude of statistical nuggets to demonstrate the importance of outbound travel to the EU from Britain.
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June 16, 2023

Travel Tech Show: Challenges and considerations for future tech stack

An opinion piece from the Travel Tech Show on the challenges and considerations travel operators need to be aware of when planning their future tech stack and factors influencing future travel technologies.
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June 7, 2023

Mabrian Study: Rethinking the sustainability of long-haul travel

A study from our data partners at Mabrian that analyses the impact of long haul travel on the environment and questions how long-haul travel can be a viable and sustainable option.
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June 7, 2023

Open Destinations: The 8 signs you need travel outsourcing services

An opinion piece from ETOA member Open Destinations on signs that you may need outsourcing services.
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May 23, 2023

ETOA Webinar | Meeting the Chinese huge demand for 2023-24

The Chinese market is coming back – is Europe ready and competitive? What can be done to open capacity, are there short-term fixes and are visas being processed adequately? ETOA has convened a panel to explore these issues, looking to consolidate a Europe-wide response. Join the conversation.
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May 18, 2023

ETOA & NTC Webinar | Tech Matters

Efficient and cost effective distribution is key to all travel businesses. Hear how technology is reshaping distribution in the travel industry. Join our experts as we discuss distribution from three perspectives: from that of an OTA, how we connect to customers and how distribution resides in the B2B Marketplace.
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May 18, 2023

ETOA Webinar | German VAT Update May 2023

Germany’s proposal to unilaterally impose a sales tax on non-EU sales of German vacations remains on the statute books. It is now due for implementation on the 1st of January 2024. This webinar featured a discussion of what might be anticipated, if there have been any developments since the last time we looked at the subject and when we might hear from the European Commission on their plans for Tour Operators Margin Scheme reform.
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May 9, 2023

Mabrian blog summaries

A range of blog entries containing data from our partners at Mabrian.
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May 3, 2023

Open Destinations The 3 Growing Pains of Heritage Railways: The Case for Online Ticket sales

A case study from ETOA member Open Destinations on how Heritage Railways are modernising their online ticketing capability.
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March 21, 2023

ForwardKeys Industry Blog

A selection of articles and opinion pieces from our data partners at ForwardKeys.
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January 19, 2023

ETOA Insight Webinar | Euromonitor Travel Reset: Outlook and Innovation for European Tourism 2023

Caroline Bremner shares Euromonitor's forecasted outlook for European tourism, pinpointing growth opportunities such as blended travel and the metaverse for further exploration
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October 10, 2022

Interpreting Tourism Statistics: Webinar and Report

A useful companion document and webinar for those reading tourism statistics, with a digestible look at potential pitfalls when interpreting them.
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April 29, 2022

ETOA Webinar | TOMS and German VAT

The German regulations on VAT for non-EU operators are due to be implemented on January 1st 2023. Intermediaries in such markets as the USA, UK and Japan will have to register, reclaim what input tax is recoverable and levy VAT on the price charged to the consumer. This change takes place at a time when the European Commission is looking at the application of VAT on tourism services.
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April 21, 2022

USTOA Webinar | Europe Update with ETOA & ETC

Tom Jenkins, CEO of ETOA and Eduardo Santander, CEO of ETC, represent respectively the public and private sectors in inbound tourism to Europe. They looked at what has happened, is happening and what might occur in the European tourism economy.
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March 24, 2022

German VAT Update March 2022

Germany is proposing to levy a tax on operators selling German tourism product outside the EU. Presentation given to WTTC by ETOA CEO Tom Jenkins on the implications of this.
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March 1, 2022

SYTA discussion on the Youth Market

An update on the youth travel market between ETOA and SYTA, broadcast as part of ETM North America on 1 March 2022.
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March 1, 2022

CATO discussion on Canadian Market prospects

ETOA’s Tom Jenkins catches up with Brett Walker of CATO / Collette Vacations. Broadcast as part of ETM North America on 1st March 2022.
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April 26, 2021

STR Blog: Travel Barriers after lockdown

A short blog article from STR shining a light on some of the findings from a recent poll of more than 1,300 global travellers. The article discusses the barriers influencing travellers’ decisions not to book or undertake overnight trips including government restrictions, the behaviour of other travellers and financial concerns such as the challenge of getting a refund.
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March 17, 2021

ETC Monitoring sentiment for domestic and intra-European travel Wave 5

The penultimate of six planned waves of online research looking at the extent to which Europeans are planning travel, their concerns and what factors are likely to influence behaviour. With fieldwork during late December and January the study found sentiment to have improved slightly compared with the month before for the second consecutive wave of the study.
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January 27, 2021

ETC Monitoring sentiment for domestic and intra-European travel Wave 4

The fourth of six planned waves of online research looking at the extent to which Europeans are planning travel, their concerns and what factors are likely to influence behaviour. With fieldwork during November and early December the study found sentiment to have improved slightly compared with the month before on the back of encouraging vaccine developments.
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January 11, 2021

ETC Monitoring sentiment for domestic and intra-European travel Wave 3

The third of six planned waves of online research looking at the extent to which Europeans are planning travel, their concerns and what factors are likely to influence behaviour. With fieldwork during October and early November the study found sentiment to be deteriorating on the back of rising infection levels and the reintroduction of lockdowns. Little change was found in what is worrying consumers (air travel, quarantine, getting sick while away) or those factors likely to encourage them to book travel (flexible cancellation policies, removal of travel restrictions and vaccine deployment).
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December 31, 2020

ETOA Webinar Archive

ETOA Webinar archive from 2020 and earlier.
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November 11, 2020

ETC Monitoring sentiment for domestic and intra-European travel Wave 1

The first of six planned waves of online research looking at the extent to which Europeans are planning travel, their concerns and what factors are likely to influence behaviour. On a positive note the research finds that most remain enthusiastic about travel, and more than half intended to travel within the next six months (the fieldwork was undertaken in August 2020). On the downside this perhaps reinforces the trend for periods of optimism regarding a travel bounce-back to be dashed by events.
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August 10, 2020

Cambridge University Institute for Sustainability Leadership – Climate Change: Implications for Tourism

A report that succeeds in its task of making the IPCC Assessment Report findings much more digestible to the layperson within the tourism sector, describing the scale of likely impact that climate change will have as well as setting out some of the adaptations and mitigation measures that could help deliver a more resilient industry. The report includes a helpful two-page infographic looking at various tourism sub-sectors.
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July 2, 2020

Tim Fairhurst on tax and tourism: A destination management problem?

Tim Fairhurst, ETOA’s Director of Policy, gives his opinion on city taxes and calls for transparency and reciprocity in their allocation.
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June 22, 2020

David Edwards on Tourism Statistics

A useful companion document for those reading tourism statistics, with a digestible look at why data from different places doesn't always match up.
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June 19, 2020

ETOA Seminar: Brexit – What the travel industry needs to know

The full-length recording of our one-day Brexit seminar on 31st October 2019. Starting points for each each session are given.
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June 19, 2020

Tom Jenkins International Mountain Tourism Day 2020

ETOA's Tom Jenkins explores the value of the mountain tourism industry; its role in Europe-China tourism development and its role in recovery post-coronavirus.
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June 19, 2020

Tom Jenkins message to the Cultural Tourism Industry Recovery Conference in China

ETOA CEO Tom Jenkins delivers a message to the Cultural Tourism Industry Recovery Conference in China.
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June 19, 2020

Tom Jenkins BBC Radio on “Covid corridors”

ETOA CEO Tom Jenkins on BBC Radio with Jose Ramon Bauza, MEP talks about the revival of Europe as a destination and calls for a common approach to opening up, avoiding "Covid corridors".
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June 19, 2020

Skift on the pivot to domestic travel

A short article from Skift, looking at which countries might gain and which lose if all international travel demand shifts to domestic.
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June 19, 2020

PhocusWire on tours and activities recovery products

An interesting article from PhocusWire about what entrepreneurial businesses in the tours and activities sector are doing to adapt their product to at-home experiences and crowd-beating apps.
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June 18, 2020

Doug Lansky on the new normal of tourism

An interesting video from Doug Lansky with input from tourism officials in Bhutan and Amsterdam on how destinations could re-invent themselves and re-think their strategies in a post-coronavirus environment.
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June 18, 2020

Doug Lansky on how coronavirus may help destinations address capacity management

A thought-provoking take from Doug Lansky on the opportunities coronavirus could present for destinations to address overtourism and capacity management.
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June 18, 2020

ETOA Snapshot – Brexit and the travel industry

Tom Jenkins, ETOA's CEO, explains the aspects of Brexit of concern to the travel industry.
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June 17, 2020

David Edwards opinion 3M’s theory on drivers for post-pandemic travel industry

Tourism insight expert David Edwards explains his 3Ms theory for the likely drivers for a post-pandemic travel industry.
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June 17, 2020

Tim Fairhurst on multinational discussions and COVID-19

Tim Fairhurst, ETOA’s Director of Policy, reflects on recent multinational discussions about tourism and the COVID-19 crisis
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June 17, 2020

ECM Checklist for sustainable recovery

A mix of discussion regarding how the pandemic will change destinations, examples of how European cities are already taking a series of measures to alleviate impact and prepare for recovery and highly practical guide aimed at facilitating planning by DMOs and their partners.
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