Insight Hub
Statistics, opinion and research
ETOA webinars and masterclasses
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
August 17, 2023
City DNA – City Travel Report 2023
The full report is available to purchase, but the Executive Summary contains some important findings that reflect the experience of 115 city destinations across Europe, demonstrating that visitors began returning to cities in 2022 after the two very lean preceding years.
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August 17, 2023
Expedia – The Path to Purchase: uncovering how travellers plan and book online
A highly valuable piece of research detailing the ways in which travellers are inspired, how they research and how they book. In addition to the report standalone snapshots exist for those wishing to dig deeper into the findings for a specific origin market.
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August 17, 2023
Envisioning Tourism in 2030 and Beyond: The changing shape of tourism in a decarbonising world
The study describes a scenario under which the tourism sector could achieve decarbonisation, highlighting that this will entail a dramatic change in travel behaviours if overall trip volume growth is to continue at its historic rate, with shifts in the distance people travel and the modes of transport that they use.
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August 17, 2023
CELTH research: Reducing crowding at destinations through social interaction
An academic report conveys the findings of a project in 2021 to assess whether conversational based apps are better able than traditional DMO marketing to influence the choice of activities undertaken once visitors are at a destination.
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August 17, 2023
CELTH Research: Strategies for Sustainable Events
A study that brings together a range of research evidence gathered at festivals in the Netherlands with a focus on ways of reducing the amount of waste generated and the extent to which waste might lessen the visitor experience.
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August 17, 2023
UNWTO and CELTH report ‘Overtourism’? Understanding and Managing Urban Tourism Growth Beyond Perceptions
The Executive Summary sets out the challenges faced by urban destinations with regard to managing tourism flows, with the identification of strategies and associated measures that can help alleviate some of the negative perceptions that may become established if visitor numbers and behaviours are not well managed.
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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 24, 2023
ETOA Webinar | European VAT Update
Europe has for decades prided itself in being the “world’s favourite destination”
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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
The impacts of tax-free shopping in the EU – Global Blue and Oxford Economics
A synopsis produced by Global Blue that mainly relies on a detailed study undertaken by Oxford Economics to assess the contribution that tax free shopping makes to EU jobs, GDP and tax revenues.
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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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July 18, 2023
ETC Monitoring sentiment for domestic and intra-European travel Wave 16
The sixteenth wave of online research looking at the extent to which Europeans are planning travel, their concerns and what factors are likely to influence behaviour.
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July 18, 2023
ETC Trends and Prospects Q2 2023
A detailed review of the latest trends and near-term prospects for European tourism that suggests that many destinations across Europe look set for a strong summer performance despite the ongoing cost-of-living headwinds.
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July 10, 2023
ETOA Webinar | Show Me The Money: Visitor Spend in Europe
We have plentiful information on visitor numbers to Europe, but how much are they spending?
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