TOURISM PLAN

BY DEIRDRE MASONA GROUNDBREAKING and comprehensive resolution on tourism passed by the EU Council of Ministers last week, which contained a wide range of policy goals and plans for action, has been given a lukewarm welcome by the European travel industry. Although ministers gave almost unprecedented prominence to the sector in this way, what has emerged lacks any indication of the means to achieve the stated aims, claims the industry.Bill Richards is secretary of the European Travel and Tourism Action Group, which covers an impressive range of travel and tourism ...


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