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06 September 2024

Customisable insights into EU Blue Economy

Coastal, maritime and inland water tourism

Coordinated information on travelling

Improving statistics and indicators

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The Blue Economy Indicators provide customisable data and charts on six economic sectors like coastal tourism, marine living resources, marine non-living resources, port activities, shipbuilding and repair and maritime transport, enabling detailed analysis by sub-sector, activity, Member State, indicator, and time period.

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Geographical descriptors

Austria

Belgium

Bulgaria

Croatia

Cyprus

Czechia

Denmark

Estonia

EU-27

Finland

France

Germany

Greece

Hungary

Italy

Latvia

Lithuania

Luxembourg

Malta

Netherlands

Norway

Poland

Portugal

Romania

Slovakia

Slovenia

Spain

Sweden

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

    • Coastal, maritime and inland water tourism

  • Transition Pathway Strategic Areas

    • Coordinated information on travelling

    • Improving statistics and indicators

    • Innovative 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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Based on the 2021 EU Blue Economy report, the coastal tourism sector employed the largest number of people, accounting for 53.6% of the total workforce in the blue economy. This was followed by the living resources sector, which employed 15.1%. The coastal tourism sector also led in value added at factor cost and personnel cost indicators. However, the maritime transport sector was the leader in gross operating surplus and gross investment. For a detailed exploration of all indicators, the European Commission provides a dashboard with various filters to customise data by sub-sector, activity, Member State, indicator, and time period.

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