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PANTOUR / News
November 10, 2020

This week: European Vocational Skills Week | 9-13 November 2020

On Monday November 9th, the fifth European Vocational Skills Week, has kicked off. The online event is organised by the European Commission in cooperation with the German Presidency of the Council of the European Union.

During this week from 9-13 November, there will be a series of virtual conferences, workshops, and associated events on topics essential to future skills in tourism. Such as: vocational education and training (VET), lifelong learning, skills and labour market developments.

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Dawn in Snowdonia Wales
November 5, 2020

BBC Interview with Cardiff Met on Sustainable Tourism in Wales

Louise Dixey from the Next Tourism Generation Project partner, Cardiff Met, featured in a BBC TV and radio program as well as in an online news article on Saturday 17th October 2020. The media coverage focused on the negative impacts of the pandemic on the tourism industry in Wales and how to ensure a lasting recovery. Louise emphasized that Visit Wales has a progressive tourism framework that prioritizes sustainability and that, “Now more than ever, Wales must do everything to ensure tourism in the future supports the wellbeing of local people and future generations to come.” She also highlighted the surge in domestic tourism and the need to disperse visitors away from iconic attractions such as the Snowdown mountain. The NTG project in Wales has worked closely with the Snowdonia National Park to support the development of a Tourism Ambassador skills program.

October 29, 2020

European Commission funding Tourism through Tourism Manifesto

On the 14th October 2020 the European Commission announced that “if it is not in the plan, it is not in the budget”. Referring to their funding opportunity urging Member States to submit their recovery and resilience plans in order to receive assistance. Tourism must be a key incorporation within the plan, as it is such an important sector within Europe, needing an estimated €161 billion investment to return to pre-COVID 19 levels. “In order to harness the potential of the sector to generate jobs and growth, and to reap the benefits from green and digital transitions” it is important to continue having skills and competencies developed.

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June 4, 2020

European Commission addresses the relevance of the Next Tourism Generation project

The Communication from the European Commission of May 13 on Tourism and transport in 2020 and beyond represents a small but significant milestone for the Next Tourism Generation project. In an official document of one of the most important institutions of the European Union, a prestigious acknowledgement of the importance and value of the project is formally expressed, through the reference that is made to the work we are carrying out and even to our website www.nexttourismgeneration.eu.READ MORE

March 10, 2020

Webinar: Perspectives on Dual Cooperative Education

The INCOME Tourism project aims at developing a new learning approach based on a cooperative learning process joining higher education and tourism businesses applied to soft skills learning to be incorporated in the last year of the Tourism Bachelor (EQF6). Together with Next Tourism Generation Alliance key partner ATLAS, they organize the webinar: perspectives on dual cooperative education.READ MORE

March 2, 2020

Issues that need to be solved for a future-proof tourism and hospitality sector

On Friday February 21, a conference around ‘’Digitization in the Tourism Sector: Experiences and New Skills’’ took place at Unioncamere in Rome. Subject of the conference was “Digitialization in the Tourism Sector: Experiences and New Skills”. The conference was opened by Roberto di Vincenzo, president of ISNART, emphasizing the importance of tourism for the Italian economy and the need for having the right skills in working in this sector. He underlined the current gaps that are existent in the skills of the tourism workers. READ MORE

February 19, 2020

NTG organizes: Digitalization in Tourism Sector: Experiences and New Skills

The Next Tourism Generation Alliance gathers in Rome the upcoming days. They will discuss the last outcomes of the project and the upcoming events and outputs. On Friday February 21, 2020, UnionCamere and Federturismo Confindustria will host the semi-public event ‘Digitalization in tourism sector: experiences and new skills’ at UnionCamere, Piazza Sallustio, 21 Room ‘Longhi’.

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