Blue Tourism Opportunities

On October 25-26, the last transnational meeting of the Blue Tourism Opportunities(BTO) project took place. The meeting took place in Zaragoza, organized by Innetica and gathered representatives of the consortium from Poland, Portugal, Romania, Malta, Spain.

Newsletter #3 - July 2022 available now.
https://www.bluetourismopportunities.eu/newsletter-3-july-2022/

Newsletter #3 - July 2022 English   Polish   Romanian Spanish Portuguese  

Second day of the transnational meeting in Warsaw of the Blue Tourism Opportunities project.

Topics of the day: mentoring manual, dissemination and next final meeting in Zaragoza in October 2022.

Blue Tourism Opportunities

Transnational meeting in Warsaw, Poland organized by the Vistula University. In this meeting we will evaluate the MOOC developed and the Mentoring platform will be shown to the participants.

Blue Tourism Opportunities

Maritime and coastal tourism which involves activities like cruise tourism, water sports and beach tourism is one of the most important components of the blue economy.

The ocean is at the foundation of life in the planet and plays a vital role in safeguarding that some of our most basic needs are met. The Blue Economy comprises all activities that are linked to the water, the sea and the oceans. It relies not only on more traditional forms of utilization (e.g. fishing and aquaculture), but also combines a broader vision of activities that can offer important sources of sustainable economic development for Member States and coastal communities in particular. The Blue Economy can contribute to a large extent to Europe’s green ambitions. A sustainable Blue Economy enables society to obtain value from the oceans and coastal regions, whilst respecting their long-term ability to regenerate and endure such activities through the implementation of sustainable practices. This implies that human activities must be managed in a way that guarantees the health of the oceans and safeguards long-term economic productivity, so that the potential they offer can be realized and sustained over time. The annual EU Blue Economy Report aims to continuously improve the measuring and monitoring of the socio-economic performance of the Blue Economy (for the 2009-2019 period in the current edition), while taking its environmental impacts into account. The EU is determined to deliver on European Green Deal, with the adoption of the ‘Fit for 55 package’, implementation of the Zero Pollution Action Plan, and with other initiatives being prepared, at the same time as it ensures a transition based on sustainable economic growth and employment. Besides, the insight of the Sustainable Blue Economy Communication, can help achieve this sustainable growth objective while protecting and restoring nature, fighting pollution, and tackling climate change.

The EU Blue Economy Report: https://op.europa.eu/en/publication-detail/-/publication/156eecbd-d7eb-11ec-a95f-01aa75ed71a1

Summer is starting today - feel invited to beauty of polish coast as the Blue Tourism destination!

You can follow not only nature and heritage but moreover use different ways of travelling - for instance thanks to well prepared bike routes in the West Pomerania Region! Great experience - take your time!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SDplB-okKqw

BLUE TOURISM can be perceived and discussed also in scale of exact regions - like for example in case of Mediterranean Region.

Our next proposal for reading is interesting report delivered by Eco Union (link to them) titled: Regional Governance, Environmental Management and Sustainable Recovery of the Mediterranean Coastal and Maritime Tourism

Especially we are recommend chapter about Covid-19 reality and influences for tourism in region!

Enjoy it!

https://www.ecounion.eu/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Towards_sustanaibletourism_regional_04_LR.pdf

Sustainable tourism can drive the blue economy: Investing in ocean health is synonymous with generating ocean wealth.

https://blogs.worldbank.org/voices/Sustainable-Tourism-Can-Drive-the-Blue-Economy