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October 2005 The conference "Ecologically sound Travel in Europe. Challenges and Innovations Facing Environment, Transport and Tourism" from 30. - 31. January, 2006 in Vienna is preceded by an European contest for Best Practises. Subject-matter thereby is ecologically compatible mobility in Tourism and Leisure. Aim of this contest is to award practical projects, activities and initiatives embedded in the contradictory context of Tourism and Transport, which bring the sectors Ecology, Mobility and Tourism in line. A special focus lies on interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary projects. The winning projects will be presented to a broad public in the frame of the conference and released in internet. Date for Submission: 7th of October 2005. Contributions online in German or English.
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EUROPEAN CONFERENCE On 30th and 31 of January 2006 a European Specialist Conference with the Title "Ecologically Sound Travel in Europe. Challenges and Innovations Facing Environment,Transport and Tourism", will be held in Vienna, Hofburg. This Conference under the umbrella of the Austrian EU Presidency is invited by the following ministries: Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, the Environment and Water Management, Federal Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure and the Federal Ministry of Economics Affairs and Labour.
For many tourists is the landscape and the environmental situation at the destination one of the most important criteria for choosing the destination. Traffic is a considerable nuisance factor. Environmental sound traffic models are important prerequisites for the support of a European quality tourism. Strategies and measures for sustainable and environmental sound traffic solutions at the destination and on the journey/ departure are necessary. Know-how exchange and the creation of a Europe-wide network was one of the central goals of the EU-Model-Project "soft mobility in tourism destinations". The working group consisted of 12 destinations and 6 expert organisations from three countries of the European Union ( Austria, Germany and Italy). With help of the Network for Soft Mobility in European Tourism the experience gathered in the EU project shall spread and get implemented on the tourism market. By that also the goal of quality management in tourism shall be supported. Quality of living and environmental quality of the community/ the region shall be raised in general. Through NETS partners in tourism-, transport- and environmental organisations seek to integrate and to co-operate for the first time. |
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