The EU ECO-TANDEM Project is thought for the specific mission of finding ways and encouraging traditional Tourism SMEs paired with Tourism (and non-Tourism) innovative startups and innovators, for a mutual benefit cooperation. The Tourism industry is now facing new challenges (“over-tourism”, COVID-19) that will shape the way we address sustainability in the upcoming years. Based on a few surveys disseminated during the past 14 months of the Project implementation, the EU ECO-TANDEM partners have come up with the definition of the so-Called “EU ECO-TANDEM CHALLENGES”. These have been directly identified by the European Tourism SMEs as respondents. Based on their contribution, the following are the 5 TOP ECO-CHALLENGES to be bridged in the Tourism industries by the European Tourism SMEs still lagging behind in the green transition.
The European Tourism SMEs applied to the EU ECO-TANDEM BIZ Programme will have to identify one out of the 5 thematic challenges corresponding to their specific needs
Water Conservation Measures
Water conservation is to preserve and develope the water resources, preventing the water polution.
Waste Management Measures
Waste management are methods to manage the disposal of wastes with the objectives of reducing the amount of debris and wastes and protecting the environment. The actions include: Recycle; reduce; reuse; destroy; processing; and controll wastes.
Mobility Management Measures
According to EPOMM [European Platform on Mobility Management]- Mobility Management (MM) is a concept to promote sustainable transport and manage the demand for car use by changing travellers' attitudes and behaviour.
COVID-19 recovery Measures
Covid-19 has a huge impact on the tourism sector with all the travel restrictions. However, after almost 2 years since the outbreak of the global pandemic, tourism sectors are implementing safety measurements in order to recover from the Covid-19 blow.
