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Pledge formulated by European Tourism Quality asbl (1)

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Pledge formulated by European Tourism Quality asbl (1)

Publishing organisations:

European Tourism Quality asbl

Relevant countries:

Belgium

Organisation types:

Academic / Research and VET Institutions

Publishing org

European Tourism Quality asbl

Topics
Geographical descriptors

Belgium

Organisation Type

Academic / Research and VET Institutions

Company with 250 or more employees

Consumer Organisations

Cultural and Heritage Organisations

Destination Management & Marketing Organisations

EU Institutions

Financial Institutions and Investors

Industry Associations and Chambers of Commerce

International Organisations

Local Authorities

Media / Journalist Organisations

National authorities

Networks and Federations / Confederations

NGOs / Non-profits

Regional Authorities

SMEs (a company with less than 250 employees)

Trade Unions

  • Specific types of tourism

    • Adventure tourism

    • Coastal, maritime and inland water tourism

    • Cultural tourism

    • Ecotourism

    • Education tourism

    • Festival tourism

    • Gastronomy tourism

    • Health and medical tourism

    • MICE tourism

    • Mountain tourism

    • Religious tourism

    • Rural tourism

    • Sports tourism

    • Urban/city tourism

    • Wellness tourism

  • Transition Pathway Strategic Areas

    • Circularity of tourism services

  • Business activities

    • Activities of amusement parks and theme parks

    • Activities of associations and other organisations supporting tourism

    • Air passenger transport

    • Camping grounds, recreational vehicle parks and trailer parks

    • Events catering and other food services

    • Festivals, cultural and entertainment activities

    • Gardens and nature reserves activities

    • Holiday Housing / Apartments and other short stay accommodation

    • Hotel and similar accommodation

    • Mobile beverage services

    • Mobile food services

    • Museums

    • Operation of historical sites

    • Other

    • Other accommodation

    • Other amusement and recreation activities

    • Other food and beverage services

    • Other holiday reservation services

    • Other tourism transportation activities

    • Rail Passenger transport

    • Recreational and sport activities

    • Restaurants, cafes and bars (Food and Beverage serving activities)

    • Road passenger transport

    • Tour operator activities

    • Travel agency activities

    • Water (sea, coastal and inland) passenger transport

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ETQA has developed a database that contains (should contain) the tourist businesses that have a territorial quality mark if and only if they have passed a self-certification test regarding the ETQ criteria. Speaking of tourism, one must not limit oneself to quality accommodation and restaurant companies.

It is necessary to go towards the cellars with DOP wines and the farms with certified products; tourism services which, however, do not have any level of certification other than that of reviews.

Concrete target for 2025-2030 Tourist SMEs across Europe in the whole value to be trusted by consumers, providing a European Fidelity Card which will reflect a set criteria related to sustainability, green and quality. 

However, all this holds up if, given the availability of companies, promotion can be promised, which is the thing that most interests them. Difficult topic but which could lead to the creation of a POINTS CARD (fidelity) which is loaded when you buy a product, sleep or eat. Adherence to the card involves certain requirements that all companies must meet. This is something that tends to cost even little because the promotion is done by the certified structures themselves.
This ind of card does not exist so far for the small tourist companies but only for the big chains (more industrial level)

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