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Mr President, tourism is an important social, cultural and economic phenomenon. It brings challenges that we have to face.
The enlargement of the EU to include new Member States has meant drawing up a new policy on tourism to meet current and future requirements. It is therefore good that the European Commission has presented an appropriate communication on this, and that on 8 September 2005 Parliament passed a resolution on the new perspectives and new challenges for sustainable European tourism. Over nine months have gone by since then, but nothing has happened. Let us hope that Mr Queiró’s question will spur the European Commission into action. It is unacceptable to use the excuse that we have no constitution, because tourism existed before the idea of a constitution, and will continue to exist even if a constitution is not approved, and it requires care and development.
I would like to take this opportunity to remind you that in addition to the problem raised in the question, there are other no less important issues, such as the development of tourism in the new Member States and in little-known regions with unspoiled landscapes and a natural balance, in which traditional culture is still very much alive. Particular attention should be paid to the ‘Eastern Wall’, or in other words the poorest regions of the EU, which however have the best opportunities for development. These regions require a special, carefully thought-out programme.
For the old Member States, and particularly those regions that are generally regarded as attractive, the problem is too many tourists, with all the consequences this entails, including losses of natural resources and material culture. A major issue is saving historical wooden buildings, the exploitation of historical cities for tourism and the creation of an effective programme to implement agrotourism in rural areas.
Let us remember that investments in tourism are recouped the fastest, that tourism has much to offer people, but that developing tourism without a plan and without controls can cause irredeemable damage."@en1
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