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Culture and tourism, a growing importance

16-Dec-2008

“Increasing the Attractiveness of Places through Cultural Resources” is a study recently completed by the OECD Tourism Committee. The main documents and case studies have been summarised in the publication "The Impact of Culture on Tourism".

Two follow-up seminars disseminated and explored the outcomes: “Culture and Tourism: A Strategic Partnership” in Mexico; and “A New Design for Tourism: Culture, Tourism and Creative Industries; Driving Forces for Local Development” in Austria.

“Whole of government” approach needed to ensure competitiveness and sustainability in tourism, says OECD

10-Oct-2008

Governments need to put in place comprehensive strategies to make their tourism industries more competitive and work with industry and regional and local authorities to promote sustainable tourism development. This was the message from a High-level OECD Committee meeting on Tourism in Italy on 9-10 October 2008 involving ministers and industry experts from 27 OECD countries and 12 non-member countries.

2009-10 OECD Tourism Committee Programme of Work

20-Feb-2009

Evaluation, education, policies and trends, and sustainability make up the 2009-2010 OECD Tourism Committee's Programme of Work. The Tourism Committee has five priorities over the following two years: 1) a study on evaluation in the field of tourism; 2) a study on policies supporting tourism education and training; 3) a publication analysing tourism trends and policies in member and non-member countries; 4) a study on the integration of sustainability in tourism policies focusing on climate change; and 5) a review of the tourism policy of Italy.