Beyond the reported record numbers of participants, exhibitors, press, among others attending Madrid tourism fair this past January, we rather highlight the quality of meetings and contacts maintained. From the point of view of professionals in the sector, the different conferences and workshops on various technologies applied to the sector, challenges from social, governance, environmental and even technological absorption perspectives…
On December 1, 2017, the Department of Tourism of the University of Deusto together with the Department of Tourism of the Basque Government celebrated the San Francisco Javier Conference once again, this time on the San Sebastian campus. The title of the day was THE IMPORTANCE OF MEASUREMENT IN TOURISM, an issue without doubt extremely relevant if destinations and companies…
The fifth edition of the International Conference on Measurement and Economic Analysis of Tourism at the Subnational Level – MOVE was held on November 22, 23 and 24 in Pamplona Navarra. The Government of Navarre, immersed in the implementation of its strategic plan with a clear focus on sustainability and in making decisions based on data, organized MOVE. For this, it has…
On November 21, 2017 the work “Sustainable Tourism in Gipuzkoa: Challenges and opportunities” was presented. Denis Itxaso, Member of Culture and Tourism of Gipuzkoa, Nicolás Sartorious, President of the Alternativas Foundation, José Ignacio Asensio, Member of the Environment of Gipuzkoa and Ana Belén Sanchez, Fundación Alternativas presented this report on sustainability at a press conference in San Sebastian tourism. Nagore Espinosa,…
Dr. Nagore Espinosa, CEO of in2destination and Coordinator of INRouTe – International Network on Regional Economics Mobility and Tourism on June 22nd at the VI UNWTO International Conference on Tourism Statistics organized by UNWTO in Manila (Philippines) presented the document “Tourism, territory and sustainability at subnational levels: fostering credibility for its measurement and supporting key stakeholders” prepared by INRouTe. This conference…
in2destination team organised on November 22nd 2016 the UNWTO & INRouTe workshop Subnational Tourism Measurement, hosted in Venice, Italy, by CISET. We had the opportunity to count with Eurostat and OECD, who organised the 14th Global Forum on Tourism Statistics that same week in Venice. As the workshop agenda shows, this workshop marked the first occasion prior to a Global discussion to comment on the document…
UNWTO hosted the second meeting of the Working Group of Experts on Measuring Sustainable Tourism in Madrid, October 20th and 21st 2016. Dr. Nagore Espinosa, director of in2destination, participated as expert in the field, as well as coordinator of INRouTe network. The work conducted by this group is key. There is much to be advanced in terms of measuring tourism, but even more when…
Dr. Nagore Espinosa, in2destination Director, participated as speaker in the celebration of the World Tourism Day Let´s Talk about Tourism, beyond figures organized by the University of Deusto and Diputación Foral de Bizkaia on September 27th 2016. It was a very innovative day, allowing to reflect on the importance of this great economic sector and how it is linked to many other…
Dr. Nagore Espinosa, in her condition of UNWTO consultant, led a UNWTO National Workshop on Tourism Statistics organized by UNWTO upon the request of the Ministry of Tourism of the Democratic Republic of East Timor – Republica Democratica de Timor Leste in Dili. The overall objective of the technical mission was to introduce Timor Leste to tourism statistics compilation and…
It is with great pleasure that we inform you that February 18th 2016 Antonio Massieu, Chair of INRouTe and Dr. Nagore Espinosa, in2destination CoFounder and INRouTe technical secretariat submitted to the UNWTO the final version of the document tentatively entitled “MEASURING TOURISM AND SUSTAINABILITY: A STATISTICAL INSIGHT AT SUBNATIONAL LEVELS UNWTO GUIDELINES IN LINE WITH THE UN AGENDA 2030 ON…
