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PANTOUR's 2026–2036 tourism skills strategy is now available

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22 September 2026

PANTOUR's 2026–2036 tourism skills strategy is now available

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After four years of research, PANTOUR has published its European Tourism and Hospitality Skills Strategy and Action Plan 2026–2036, setting out how the sector should close its digital, green and social skills gaps over the next decade.

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EU-27

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Academic / Research and VET Institutions

Industry Associations and Chambers of Commerce

SMEs (a company with less than 250 employees)

  • Specific types of tourism

    • Urban/city tourism

  • Transition Pathway Strategic Areas

    • Pact for skills

    • Skills needs for twin transition

  • Business activities

    • Activities of associations and other organisations supporting tourism

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The Strategy and Action Plan turns four years of research into a ten-year roadmap for skilling, upskilling and reskilling the tourism and hospitality workforce, building on the earlier NTG Blueprint for Sectoral Cooperation on Skills and aligning it with digital, green and social sustainability priorities across the EU.

Alongside it, PANTOUR is publishing a separate report on how to sustain that work without continued EU funding. Its main mechanism is the National and Regional Skills Partnership (NRSP): a standing platform bringing together tourism businesses, education and training providers, and public authorities at country or regional level. Over the project's lifetime, PANTOUR established and supported a dozen or so of these across Europe (sources differ between twelve and thirteen), and has now distilled that experience into a replicable model, with practical recommendations, so other regions can set up their own NRSPs after the project itself has closed.

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PANTOUR Skills Strategy and Action Plan for 2026-2036: Promoting a Green, Digital and Inclusive Transition in Tourism and Hospitality
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(2.29 MB - PDF)
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Report on Long-Term Roll-Out and Sustainability of Project Outputs
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(988.76 KB - PDF)
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