Spain promotes the design of a new European Agenda for Tourism 2030 in Europe

During today's session in Brussels, the minister, Reyes Maroto, stressed that "Spain has contributed to ensuring that tourism has an importance on the European agenda in line with its economic and social weight, which not only allows us to respond to climate and technological challenges, but also to face the demographic and depopulation challenges".

For the Minister for Tourism, "Spain has been a pioneer in developing an ambitious roadmap for the future tourism model with the Spain 2030 Sustainable Strategy and the Plan for the modernisation and competitiveness of the tourism sector, and it was essential for the EU to have its own agenda to develop the new model for the sector after the pandemic due to its high capacity to drag on activity and employment and its contribution to the modernisation of the European economy and society".

The Minister for Industry, Trade and Tourism, Reyes Maroto, attends the European Union (EU) Competitiveness Council

Sustainability, the cornerstone of the transformation of the European tourism model

The European Agenda for Tourism 2030 is a document that sets out the key sustainability and digitalisation milestones that Europe is committed to take on in order to better equip the sector for a more resilient tourism ecosystem by 2030.

This new agenda, the result of a reflection process with Member States, is annexed to a multi-annual EU roadmap with specific voluntary actions for States, relevant public authorities, the Commission and other stakeholders in the tourism ecosystem, providing strategic guidance for monitoring the Agenda's progress in five priority areas:

• Enabling governance framework. Ensuring collaborative management of destinations and having an EU tourism scorecard providing indicators and statistics at national, regional and local levels.
• Green transition: Improving the circularity of tourism, reducing the carbon footprint of tourism by promoting circularity and resource efficiency.
• Digital transition: Boosting the digitalisation of tourism SMEs and creating frameworks for sharing tourism data.
• Resilience and inclusion: Increasing the accessibility of tourism services and increasing the capacity of destinations and businesses to withstand future crises.
• Human capital: Developing new workforce skills to ensure that they match the future needs of the tourism sector.

Progress on the European Semiconductor Law

The Minister for Industry, Trade and Tourism, Reyes Maroto, attends the European Union (EU) Competitiveness Council

Home Affairs and Industry Ministers adopted a text with general guidance for the Regulation of the European Semiconductor Law (Chips Law), including establishing of a European network of centres of competence in semiconductors, integration technologies and system designs and the definition of a "pioneer" semiconductor facility, among other issues.

In her speech, the minister stressed the importance of this regulation for the EU to strengthen its technological leadership and develop industrial capacities in this field in light of the shortage of these products in Europe. She also referred to the pioneering initiative being promoted by the Government through PERTE Chips, which aims to strengthen the design and production capacities of the microelectronics and semiconductor industry in Spain from an integral perspective and to favour national and EU strategic autonomy in this sector.

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