Advancing Sustainable Mobility in Tourism

The Federal Ministry of Labour and Economy of Austria, responsible for Tourism, in cooperation with the responsible Austrian Ministry for Climate Action, have been engaged in and continue to work on the field of fostering sustainable tourism mobility in Austria and Europe.

• Sustainable Tourism Mobility Platform: In Austria, both Ministries organise cross-sectoral stakeholder meetings (meetings of the Sustainable Tourism Mobility Platform) twice a year to exchange on current and future challenges, trends and possible solutions in this field. 
• Tourism Mobility Day (yearly conference/stakeholder meeting): specific focus areas, exchange of best practice and network building. The 9th Tourism Mobility Day was organised on 5 October 2022 with focus on rural areas; to be continued once a year. 
• Working Group on cycle-tourism: regular meetings with stakeholders from the public and private sector from the national and regional level, exchanges and develops knowledge and also organises workshops in the regions (in cooperation withe the Austrian NTO and regional tourism organisations). Three workshops to be organised on capacity building for regions and enterprises until the end of 2022.
• THE PEP (UNECE): At the pan-European level both Ministries lead the THE PEP partnership on sustainable tourism mobility. Interested European national administrations from the mobility and tourism sector meet regularly (two times a year) and exchange best practice. Objective to develop a common toolkit and vision of a more sustainable tourism mobility until 2025.