July 11, 2024
Data Appeal Report: Post-Summer 2024 Tourism Trends and Forecasts for France, Greece, Italy and Spain
An exploration by our partners at Data Appeal of which markets Mediterranean destinations might look to attract after the peak summer season, with a suggestion that although demand will taper off leading to lower rates, the overall tendency for a prolongation of the peak summer season looks set to be an ongoing trend.
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July 11, 2024
ETC Monitoring sentiment for domestic and intra-European travel Wave 19
The nineteenth wave of online research looking at the extent to which Europeans are planning travel, their concerns and what factors are likely to influence behaviour. With fieldwork during May and early June this wave finds that three out of four Europeans are planning to travel between June and November this year.
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July 11, 2024
Mabrian White Paper: A Roadmap to Move Destinations Away From Overtourism
Report from our partners at Mabrian that covers different dimensions of capacity management and sustainable travel, highlighting the importance of strong data to help unpick what destinations can do to help potential visitors to make decisions that will benefit local communities as well as the wider environment, with the report using a range of case studies to illustrate some of the concepts discussed.
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July 11, 2024
Mabrian Report: The rise of Bosnia Herzegovina Travel: Trends and Destination Opportunities to Watch Out For
A deep dive from our partners at Mabrian into data describing the current state of tourism in the Southeast Mediterranean region, including a look at connectivity with key origin markets, why visitors opt to spend time in the region and key challenges and opportunities.
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June 26, 2024
ForwardKeys Webinar | What’s on the cards for European tourism this summer?
What is summer 2024 looking like for tourism to Europe? Where are visitors coming from, and where are they going?
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June 17, 2024
UN Tourism Barometer May 2024
The latest UN Tourism analysis indicates that in the first quarter of 2024 the number of international overnight trips reached 97% of its pre-pandemic level, while focussing solely on Europe arrivals were in fact fractionally up on the same period of 2019.
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June 13, 2024
Data Appeal on the impact of Brussels Pride on destination tourism
Following Brussels Pride 2024, Data Appeal have written a report on Belgium’s perceived level of inclusivity using their LGBTQ+ Index.
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June 13, 2024
Data Appeal on Exploring the Effects of the Tour de France 2024 on Tourism
Data Appeal blog on the impact of the 2024 Tour de France on tourism
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May 29, 2024
ETOA Webinar | Demand for Europe
How is demand for Europe looking and what is around the corner in terms of demand and product development? During this webinar, Tom Jenkins will discover what some of our established member operators are experiencing.
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May 20, 2024
Paris je T’aime Olympic Coverage and Lodging Update April 2024
An update from Paris je T’aime (in French, with some charts in English). The presentation looks at press coverage ahead of the Games, as well as hotel occupancy rate forecasts and international arrivals by origin market.
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May 20, 2024
ETC Monitoring sentiment for domestic and intra-European travel Wave 18
The eighteenth wave of online research looking at the extent to which Europeans are planning travel, their concerns and what factors are likely to influence behaviour. With fieldwork during April 2024 this wave finds that the appetite for leisure travel within Europe during the upcoming summer is stronger than was the case a year ago.
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May 20, 2024
ETC Trends and Prospects Q1 2024
A detailed review of the latest trends and near-term prospects for European tourism, a key finding of which is that international tourism to Europe will have returned to 2019 volumes by the end of 2024, with visitors to Europe spending €742.8bn, 14.3% up on 2023 in nominal terms.
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May 14, 2024
ETOA Webinar | Demand for United Kingdom and Ireland
With the launch of Britain & Ireland Marketplace 2025, we take stock of current challenges and opportunities for the inbound UK and Irish market.
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April 19, 2024
Tourism Alliance Insight Conference – UK as a Destination March 2024
The complete deck of all the presentations at the Tourism Alliance Insight Conference on 19th March 2024.
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April 9, 2024
Destinations Exchange Europe 2024
The complete slide deck from Destinations Exchange Europe 2024.
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March 15, 2024
ETC Trends and Prospects Q4 2023
A detailed review of the latest trends and near-term prospects for European tourism, indicating that last year international arrivals in Europe came within 2% of their 2019 tally, and with two out of three European nations now at or close to pre-pandemic volumes.
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March 15, 2024
Pulse Check: Tourism support from local governments
ETOA Pulse Check: Our members' opinion on support for tourism from local governments.
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February 28, 2024
ETOA Industry Day Brussels February 2024
The complete slide deck from our Industry Day in Brussels in February 2024.
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February 28, 2024
Paris 2024 High Level Briefing
Presentation given by Corinne Menegaux of Paris Je T'aime at our Industry Day in Brussels February 2024.
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February 13, 2024
Nordic Trend Tracker January 2024
Report from our partners at the Nordic Tourism Collective tracking trends across the Nordics and Baltics via their Trendtracker facility. North America and DACH speaking countries still remain the most valuable source markets for suppliers in this region.
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February 13, 2024
UNWTO Barometer January 2024
The latest UNWTO analysis indicates that in 2023 the number of international overnight trips reached 88% of its pre-pandemic level. Looking ahead to 2024 international tourism is expected to exceed 2019 volumes by around 2%.
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December 20, 2023
Mabrian Trending Destinations for 2024
Our data partners, Mabrian, have produced the latest update of their travel motivation analysis for 2024 focusing on the evolution of trends in motivations to visit Europe.
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December 20, 2023
Euromonitor Top 100 City Destinations Index 2023
Headline findings from the latest Euromonitor assessment of the Top 100 City Destinations includes the full list and some key findings relating to the pillars that make up the overall index, such as which cities are performing best in relation to sustainability.
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December 20, 2023
UNWTO Barometer November 2023
The latest UNWTO analysis confirms that in the first nine months of this year the volume of international tourism recovered to 87% of its pre-pandemic equivalent, with Europe doing rather better at 94% of its 2019 tally.
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December 6, 2023
Data Appeal Industry Blog
A selection of articles and opinion pieces from our data partners at Data Appeal.
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November 13, 2023
Data Appeal: Italy Digital Destination Awards 2023
The 2023 edition of Italy Digital Destination, the annual report and awards from our partners at Data Appeal. The awards recognise Italian regions and destinations that have recorded the best online performance related to reputation, food and wine and hospitality.
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November 13, 2023
Data Appeal on How Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour transforms destination marketing
Data Appeal blog on the impact of the European leg of Taylor Swift's Eras tour to Milan, Amsterdam and London.
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November 13, 2023
Data Appeal: Data-Driven Sustainable Strategies, The DMO Handbook
A free handbook from our partners at Data Appeal, exploring how destinations can champion responsible travel through the strategic use of data.
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November 13, 2023
ETC Monitoring sentiment for domestic and intra-European travel Wave 17
The 17th wave of online research looking at the extent to which Europeans are planning travel, their concerns and what factors are likely to influence behaviour.
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November 13, 2023
ETC Trends and Prospects Q3 2023
A detailed review of the latest trends and near-term prospects for European tourism which finds that international tourism in Europe has proven to be resilient during the early months of 2023, but with notable variations when looking at the performance of individual destinations.
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November 2, 2023
ETOA Industry Briefing November 2023
The complete slide deck from our Industry Briefing in November 2023.
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September 29, 2023
Mabrian Evolving traveller behaviour: the rise of experiential travelling
Mabrian study using social listening to analyse traveller motivation for experiential activities.
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September 29, 2023
Data Appeal Top Summer Travel Destinations 2023
The analysis presented here draws on a proprietary analysis of online reviews to assess sentiment towards leading Mediterranean destinations over the peak summer months of this year, broadly finding that sentiment has improved compared with last summer.
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September 29, 2023
UNWTO Tourism Highlights 2023
A comprehensive round-up of international tourism in each year between 2020 and 2022 which assesses the economic impact of the pandemic on the sector, tracking the precipitous decline of 2020 through to the strong rebound of last year.
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September 29, 2023
UNWTO Barometer September 2023
The latest UNWTO analysis paints a broadly positive picture for how 2023 has evolved with an increasing number of destinations seeing international arrivals approaching the levels seen in 2019, with a handful actually exceeding this tally. A note of caution is struck in relation to the economic wellbeing of potential tourists as we head towards 2024.
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August 17, 2023
Tootbus Study: Attitudes to Sustainable City Breaks 2023
A study from ETOA member, Tootbus, asking travellers in France, Belgium and the UK what type of city break they prefer, their perceptions of sustainable city breaks and the impact of inflation on these perceptions.
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August 17, 2023
City DNA – City Travel Report 2023
The full report is available to purchase, but the Executive Summary contains some important findings that reflect the experience of 115 city destinations across Europe, demonstrating that visitors began returning to cities in 2022 after the two very lean preceding years.
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August 17, 2023
CELTH research: Reducing crowding at destinations through social interaction
An academic report conveys the findings of a project in 2021 to assess whether conversational based apps are better able than traditional DMO marketing to influence the choice of activities undertaken once visitors are at a destination.
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August 17, 2023
UNWTO and CELTH report ‘Overtourism’? Understanding and Managing Urban Tourism Growth Beyond Perceptions
The Executive Summary sets out the challenges faced by urban destinations with regard to managing tourism flows, with the identification of strategies and associated measures that can help alleviate some of the negative perceptions that may become established if visitor numbers and behaviours are not well managed.
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July 18, 2023
ETC Monitoring sentiment for domestic and intra-European travel Wave 16
The sixteenth wave of online research looking at the extent to which Europeans are planning travel, their concerns and what factors are likely to influence behaviour.
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July 18, 2023
ETC Trends and Prospects Q2 2023
A detailed review of the latest trends and near-term prospects for European tourism that suggests that many destinations across Europe look set for a strong summer performance despite the ongoing cost-of-living headwinds.
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July 10, 2023
ETOA Webinar | Europe as a World Wide Destination
Europe has for decades prided itself in being the “world’s favourite destination”
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July 5, 2023
ETOA Webinar | Origin market insight: Asia
In this webinar Tom Jenkins and our expert panel will explore the current status of the Asian outbound markets to Europe
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June 22, 2023
ETOA Insights Webinar | ForwardKeys Most Popular Cities Report: Will this be the last super summer?
The latest report from our partners at ForwardKeys on the most popular city destinations for summer 2023.
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May 23, 2023
Short-term rentals data story Q1 2023 published by Transparent
Three chapters relating to short-term rentals discuss OTAs, growth and the outlook, revealing a range of insights into the characteristics and prospects for this market segment.
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May 23, 2023
UNWTO Experiences in measuring the sustainability of tourism
The report sets out to provide a synopsis for policymakers based on the findings of a series of eleven pilot studies in different destinations around the world focussed on measuring the sustainability of tourism
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May 23, 2023
WTTC Economic Impact of Tourism Infographics and 2023 forecasts
Headline infographics showing the economic value of tourism in world regions in 2022, the change from 2021 and the relative position compared with 2019.
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May 23, 2023
WTTC Sustainable Aviation Fuel: Opportunities and Implications for Tourism Destinations
A report which at its heart is making the case for the public and private sectors to focus on developing Sustainable Aviation Fuels that will allow the sector to decarbonise without the need for governments to introduce policies aimed at curbing the extent to which individuals can choose to fly.
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May 23, 2023
UNWTO Barometer May 2023
The latest UNWTO analysis suggests that last year Europe welcomed 595 million international tourist arrivals, compared with 744 million in 2019, and that in the first quarter of this year volumes have reached 90% of their pre-pandemic level.
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May 23, 2023
ETC Trends and Prospects Q1 2023
A detailed review of the latest trends and near-term prospects for European tourism which finds that international tourism in Europe recovered to 82% of its 2019 scale by the end of last year. The report includes analysis of individual destination performance alongside forecasts for both inbound and outbound tourism over the next few years by world region.
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