Tourism is a major economic activity in the European Union and the Commission promotes the competitiveness of enterprises in this ecosystem. The objectives are to maximise the industry’s contribution to growth and employment and support the move towards a more digital, sustainable and inclusive EU.
Transition pathway for tourism
While the pathway isn’t a funding source in and of itself, it proposes cooperation between stakeholders and invites them to work together and proposes concrete actions, commitments and investments at sectoral, European, national and regional levels of the tourism ecosystem. Support for a transition toward a green and digital tourism ecosystem can include new funding opportunities.
Guide on EU funding for tourism
The guide on EU funding for tourism helps businesses, public authorities and all stakeholders to identify appropriate EU funding opportunities available for the tourism ecosystem. This guide informs on different EU funding programmes relevant to tourism, links to open calls for tenders/proposals and inspires by pointing at concrete project examples funded by previous EU programmes.
Tourism Business Portal
The Tourism Business Portal had been developed for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) within the EU tourism private sector. It informed SMEs about topics related to the industry and presented several webinars. This section of the website is no longer updated, but you can still browse through the content.
Your Europe
The multi-lingual online portal Your Europe, with its sections on travel and businesses, informs, helps and advises EU nationals and businesses on their rights.
Funded projects under EU programmes
Get inspired by interesting tourism projects funded by the EU. For a more comprehensive overview on tourism projects, visit the Tourism Stakeholder Platform, which allows you to search for the projects you are most interested in.
Visitors can also interactively search for projects from past EU programmes for the Competitiveness of Enterprises and Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (COSME) by looking for e.g. ‘tourism’ via the COSME data hub. The application consists of 3 different modules: map, list and statistics, with different filter options.