EU tourism ministers call for a specific budget for this activity

02-11-23

Achieving that the European Union has a specific tourism budget is the main objective of the informal meeting of tourism ministers of the European Union to be held this Tuesday at the Palau de Congressos de Palma, organized by the Spanish presidency of the Council of the EU. A commitment that will be reflected in the Declaration of Palma on tourism and sustainability that is expected to be approved at the end of the meeting.

Under the slogan The path towards the social sustainability of Tourism in the EU, the Secretary of State for Tourism, Rosana Murillo, is chairing the meeting in the absence of the Minister of Industry, Trade and Tourism, Héctor Gómez, who has traveled to Madrid to attend the swearing in of Princess Leonor. According to Morillo: "The commitment and objective of this informal meeting is for the European Union to have a specific tourism budget and to relaunch the common tourism policies of all the member states".