Symposium on "Sustainable Tourism Mobility" 7–8 November 2024
This symposium is organised by the Austrian Federal Ministry of Labour and Economy and the Austrian Federal Ministry of Climate Action leading "THE PEP Partnership on Sustainable Tourism Mobility".
The partnership brings together representatives of national administrations from the pan-European region from mobility, transport, tourism and climate action. During the event, an inspiration document was presented with practical recommendations and case studies on how the national level can push sustainable mobility in tourism forward. A specific focus was put on long-distance travel by train as well as active mobility. The aim is to bring together motivated stakeholders from the mobility and the tourism sectors in an interactive and dynamic dialogue.
- Austria’s 2030 Mobility Master Plan
- Sustainable mobility and your tourist destination – a practitioner’s guide
Sustainable Tourism Mobility: Inspiration for the countries of the pan-European Region "Inspiration guide"
The partnership has developed this guide to provide the responsible authorities at national level with climate-friendly approaches to sustainable transport and tourism. The ‘Inspiration document contains clear actions and recommendations for sustainable mobility in tourism, concrete case studies and innovative approaches to help national governments integrate sustainable mobility solutions into their policies and activities.
The inspiration document has addressed the following fields of actions: mobility requirements of different user groups, mobility management in the destination, long distance travel options, flexible transport systems, cycling & walking as part of the tourism experience, multimodal travel information (systems) and the integration of sustainable mobility services in tourism packages, marketing and communication
Checklists on sustainable tourist mobility Tools
The following set of five checklists on sustainable tourist mobility were developed by the Federal Ministry of Climate Action, Environment, Energy, Mobility, Innovation and Technology of the Republic of Austria. In order to make the checklists accessible to tourism and mobility stakeholders in rural communities in other countries, they were translated into English during the SMARTA-NET project and slightly supplemented to also meet the needs of coastal regions.