Insight Hub
Statistics, opinion and research
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Articulating the value of tourism in Europe
The ETOA Insight Hub presents a rich statistical and insights service for our members, partners and stakeholders. Its aim is to provide up-to-date research, actionable insights and opinion pieces on the topics that matter to our members. Additionally, it serves to demonstrate the value of tourism to global and local economies, lending weight to our lobbying activities and supporting our vision of Better Tourism in Europe.
For queries about the Insight Hub please email insight@etoa.org
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
Journal of sustainable tourism – COVID-19 and intention to fly
A data-driven academic journal article in the Journal of Sustainable Tourism on the ways that COVID-19 has affected passengers' motivation and intention to fly. Has useful summary videos of the findings.
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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 – Working with visitor attractions
Jorge Traver, ETOAs Country Representative for Spain, summarises how we work with visitor attractions.
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June 18, 2020
ETOA Snapshot – Operational challenges
Sofie Jensen, ETOA's Head of Operations and Destination Engagement summarises the operational challenges faced by our members.
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June 18, 2020
ETOA Snapshot – City taxes
Simon Smith from the ETOA policy team gives a summary of our work in city taxes.
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June 18, 2020
ETOA Snapshot – Visa policy
Tim Fairhurst, ETOA's Director of Policy, talks about ETOA's role in changing visa policy.
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June 18, 2020
ETOA Snapshot – ETOA’s dialogue with destinations
Tim Fairhurst, ETOA's Director of Policy, explains how we engage with destinations across Europe
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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 18, 2020
ETOA Snapshot – What is TOMS?
Tom Jenkins, ETOA's CEO, explains the Tour Operators Margin Scheme for VAT.
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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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