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"Mr President, as the Commissioner pointed out, the Lisbon Treaty now gives us a legal basis and the confidence to do something on tourism at a Europe-wide level, which was not there before. Certainly it is an opportunity we are right to grasp.
Europe is the number one tourist destination in the world. It contributes 12% of employment to the European Union and 10% to GDP and, as the Commissioner pointed out, there is a great opportunity to grow that even further. Europe is rich in all sorts of attractions for tourists and this can be developed.
From the cultural point of view, we are very pleased that a number of initiatives are already very successful, such as the European Cities of Culture, the European Cultural Roots Programme – St James’ Way being the shining example – the European Heritage Label and, in recent times, the European Cities of Sport.
I particularly want to highlight the importance of sport because, both from a participative and also from a spectator’s point of view, it has huge potential. Last weekend the Solheim Cup, which is the female version of the Ryder Cup, was held in my own country, where Europe had an outstanding win. I think opportunities to grow sport, particularly water sports, can be developed right across Europe.
So we have a great opportunity; there are projects and targets. Let us go at it because it can do a great deal for the economy."@en1
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