Tourism Sustainability Group

As a result of the Tourism and Employment process held in 2000 and following Communication (2001) 665 "Working together for the future of European tourism" and Communication (2003) 716 final "Basic orientations for the sustainability of European tourism" , the Commission launched at the end of 2004 the Tourism Sustainability Group (TSG) in order to provide input to the process for the sustainability of European tourism.

Twenty-two TSG members have been selected on the basis of a call for expression of interest with the aim to ensure a rich variety of expertise from industry associations, destinations and civil society. Member States' administrations and international organisations, such as the World Tourism Organisation and the United Nations Environmental Programme, also nominated experts that enrich the discussions within the group.

The main tasks of the Tourism Sustainability Group are:

to draft, discuss and table a detailed framework for action which allocates specific activities to the individual stakeholder groups, including an agreed timetable for implementation;
to evaluate regularly the implementation of the measures provided for in the framework for action;
to provide value also for the players on the ground.

The TSG started its work at the beginning of 2005 and has formulated its proposals and recommendations in the form of a report in February 2007.

TSG Final Report pdf - 461 KB [461 KB]