From the Basque Country to Catalonia, both from the French and the Spanish side, the Pyrenees cover a very extensive area. The amount of co-existing cultures and the complexity of the territory and its population make joint actions very difficult to carry out. The weekend of the 4th and 5th February, a conference was held […]
The 37th edition of World Festival of Underwater Pictures (http://www.underwater-festival.com), promoted by Daniel Mercier, was celebrated this year in the Palais du Pharo, in Marseille. Photographs, audiovisual material, films and books which have entered different competitions are all on exposition at the festival. Daniel, who has always approved the Medes Islands Marine Reserve’s experience, gave […]
The project presented by RETECORK, European Network of Cork Territories, www.retecork.org called Territorios Corcheros. El corcho y los paisajes corcheros como base del desarrollo sostenible en zonas rurales, has been selected in the frame of the 2010 call for projects “Red Rural Nacional”, of the Spanish Environment, Rural and Marine Ministry. This project has obtained […]
New experiences and ideas on walking and nature-based tourism in a forum organized by the National Park of Garajonay. A scenary in which the attendants were able to debate about the present and the future of a destination which is recognized by many hikers in Europe, La Gomera – Canary Islands. One of the speakers […]
Vilamaniscle, a little village in the area of Alt Empordà (between the Natural Parks of Albera and Cap de Creus), very close to the French border, has been selected by the Department of Government and Public Administration of the Government of Catalonia, within the programme “Viure al Poble” (Living in the village). This programme is […]
Flash Eurobarometer has conducted a second wave to the survey held in 2009 where EU citizens where asked about their holidays in 2008 and their vacation plans for 2009. The current report presents comparative data between the two waves. Some of the results compare travel for leisure purposes in 2008 and 2009. It could be […]
The European Travel Commission, in its report of April 2010 European Travel Commission Trends 2010 points out to a slight recovery of the tourist activity in Europe over the next months, patterning on data s the first quarter of 2010. For example, the total passengers in airlines grew over the year earlier for the first time […]
socially-responsible-tourism
“Parco Nazionale delle Cinque Terre (www.parconazionale5terre.it), defined as an “antropic” park, was created in 1999 in an area which was suffering a deep social, economic and demographic recession, which was a consequence of the abandonment of agricultural activity for its lack of competitivity. The tourist development strategy is therefore recent, and it’s based on valorising […]
On the 5th of March the work developed throughout 2009 by DCB Tourism and Local Development was presented to the public in Torroella de Montgrí (www.museudelamediterrania.org). This project was developed with the collaboration of the Tourist Departments of both Alt Empordà (www.empordaturisme.com) and Baix Empordà (www.baixemporda-costabrava.org). The aim is to define a united work strategy […]