European citizens choose nearby destinations, and Spain in most cases, for 2011 holidays

The third wave of Eurobarometer surveys on vacational tendencies, which started in 2009 to study the citizens’ holiday plans during the credit crunch, has just been published in http://ec.europa.eu/public_opinion/flash/fl_328_en.pdf. The resulting data is provided by 30.000 surveys carried out between the 24th and the 28th of Febraury 2011 in EU countries. In addition, they were […]

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Survey on the attitudes of Europeans toward tourism 2010

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 […]

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Congress and hotels guides for the sustainability in Barcelona

The environment department of the “Ajuntament de Barcelona”, with the collaboration of “Turisme de Barcelona”, has published the “Guia de congressos més sostenibles” (Guide to more sustainable conventions) and the “Guia d’hotels més sostenibles” (Guide to more sustainable hotels), with the goal to diffuse different action approaches to make activities and businesses from this branch […]

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