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Pledge formulated by European Travel Commission (7)

Publishing organisations:

European Travel Commission

Relevant countries:

Belgium

Organisation types:

Academic/Research and VET Institutions

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Publishing org

European Travel Commission

Topics
Geographical descriptors

Belgium

Organisation Type

Academic/Research and VET Institutions

Company with 250 or more employees

Consumer / tourist organisation

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/Travel 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

    • Sustainable mobility

  • 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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CURRENT ACTIONS:
ETC is committed to working with our members and partners to increase the appeal of sustainable transport options. Since 2021, ETC has collaborated with Eurail on the Rail Tourism Awards. The awards aim to make rail journeys more appealing to tourists by highlighting excellent campaigns with impressive results in getting more people to travel by train. This scheme also acts as a forum to bring together stakeholders from the rail and tourism industries to discuss ways to incentivise travellers to use sustainable means of transport.

In 2024, ETC also entered into a partnership with Rail Europe and looks forward to future collaborations to boost the uptake of rail tourism.

FUTURE ACTIONS:
Seeing the past success of the Rail Tourism Awards, ETC is committed to continuing this initiative until at least 2030.

ETC is also committed to leading by example, and endeavours to undertake an increasing number of our own business trips by rail.

Undergoing collaborative projects with Rail Europe, our new associate member, to increase the uptake of rail tourism.

OUTPUT:
Continuing the Rail Tourism Awards.
Increasing the number of business trips that ETC staff take by train instead of flying.
Future collaborations with Rail Europe. 

TIME:
The 4th edition of the Rail Tourism Awards will take place in 2024, further editions will continue at least until 2030.

Switching to rail for business trips is an ongoing process. ETC’s general meeting in November 2024 will take place in Luxembourg, and attendees will be offered train tickets to travel to the event.

In the coming years, we look forward to collaborating on various projects with our new associate member, Rail Europe.

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Relevant countries: Belgium

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