Tourism
Cross-border mobility (Global Mobilities Project)
Thursday 11 July 2019 |
Alternatives Economiques The Global Transnational Mobility Dataset traces more than 15 billion cross-border estimated trips. It is developed by the European Commission and the European University Institute and it comes in the form of an interactive map.
How much travel freedom do EU passports provide?
Tuesday 30 July 2019 |
Alexander Damiano Ricci | VoxEurop
Henley & Partners’ Passport Index is one of the most widely used measures for evaluating the strength of a nation’s passport and – consequently – of citizens’ freedom of movement. Recent data highlights a fall for the UK after Brexit.
What happens to our holiday garbage?
Wednesday 13 September 2017 |
Marzia Bona Lorenzo Ferrari
| OBC Transeuropa
In tourist areas across Europe, the waste generated by tourism is managed by recycling and disposal systems that are often inefficient, as data collected in various European countries reveals
Where do Europeans travel?
Wednesday 17 July 2019 |
Weronika Fabjańska | BiQdata
More than three in five EU residents made tourism trips in 2017. How much have they spent? And where have they gone? A short animated video by BiQdata.
With Interrail the art of travel is slowly finding its place in Europe
Tuesday 23 July 2019 |
Jacopo Ottaviani | Internazionale
It was 1972 when the first 87 thousand Interrail tickets were issued by rail companies in various European countries. Today, forty-seven years after its foundation, more than ten million people have chosen Interrail.
Crisis in the tourist sector in Spain: the number of German visitors falls
Monday 22 July 2019 |
Marina Valero Jesús Escudero
| El Confidencial
The number of package holidays in Spain are dropping at 4% a year, with double digit figures in the Balearic and Canary islands. Hoteliers are feeling the squeeze.
Airbnb, Europe’s number one host
Tuesday 18 December 2018 |
Alternatives Economiques Understanding how the online apartment sharing platform has become the number one short-term housing renter in Europe.
Is Barcelona drowning under a tourism flood?
Wednesday 16 January 2019 |
Andreas Vou | VoxEurop
Arriving in millions, foreign visitors contributed to the Catalan capital’s economic boom. But the downside to mass tourism, fuelled by cheap flights and low-cost accommodation sites, has led to growing disgruntlement from locals.
Croatia five years after joining the EU
Wednesday 27 June 2018 |
Valentina Vivona | OBC Transeuropa
On July 1, 2013 Croatia officially became a member of the European Union. What has changed in the country since accession? In this short video, we look at some aspects of the society and economy of the country.
190 million Europeans have never been abroad
Thursday 21 June 2018 |
Lorenzo Ferrari | OBC Transeuropa
Erasmus, the end of roaming charges, the convenience of the euro: the rhetoric promoting the benefits of European integration only really addresses those citizens who regularly travel to other EU countries. In fact, 37 percent of EU citizens have never been outside their own country.
