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Pact for Skills in Tourism: A comprehensive overview and future ambitions

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12 August 2024

Pact for Skills in Tourism: A comprehensive overview and future ambitions

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The Pact for Skills Initiative emphasizes adaptation strategies to address the tourism sector's challenges and skills needs. 

 

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Academic / Research and VET Institutions

Company with 250 or more employees

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Industry Associations and Chambers of Commerce

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  • 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

    • Governance of tourism destinations

    • Pact for skills

    • Training opportunities

  • 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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The EU Pact for Skills – Skills Partnership for the Tourism Ecosystem is a collaborative initiative designed to strengthen the European tourism workforce by focusing on upskilling and reskilling. Launched in 2020 as part of the broader European Skills Agenda, it aims to promote skills development in response to the twin green and digital transitions. The Pact brings together various stakeholders — businesses, social partners, educational institutions, and local authorities — to support collective actions that address the tourism sector's skill needs, particularly in a post-pandemic context. Tourism was one of the hardest-hit industries during the COVID-19 crisis, losing a significant portion of its workforce and facing an urgent need to rebuild capacity and expertise.

In response, the Pact for Skills seeks to improve workforce resilience by fostering large-scale skills partnerships at national, regional, and local levels. These partnerships are designed to adapt to the unique challenges of the tourism sector, where small enterprises dominate, and qualifications often lag behind other industries. With a focus on green and digital skills, the initiative emphasizes the importance of sustainable practices and technological proficiency for the future of tourism. Additionally, the Pact aims to bridge the immediate short-term skills gaps while creating a long-term strategy for continuous skills development, making the sector more adaptable to future workforce disruptions and new demands.

For an in-depth analysis and further insights, please visit the linked source on the left-hand side of the platform.

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