day tourism | passing-through tourism | short-stay tourism

love capital | founder capital | love money | friends and family funding

proximity (1) | grass-roots politics (2)

ecotourism | environmentally-friendly tourism | environmentally-sensitive tourism | green tourism | soft tourism | sustainable tourism

equitable tourism [ alternative tourism | ethical tourism | fair tourism | humanitarian tourism | Ecotourism(STW) | ecotourism(UNBIS) ]

ground proximity warning system | GPWS

proximity sensor | proximity sensing device | proximity detector

proximity fuse (1) | influence fuze (2)

Though further research is required, the conclusions from the studies which have been carried out suggest that economic diversification from agriculture to services tends to happen at a faster pace in lowland than in mountainous regions, that the existence of large cities in mountain areas or nearby give an important stimulus to industrial activity (or, alternatively, that the wealth of resources in mountain areas can lead to the development of large cities in their vicinity), and that service employment tends to be high in the more prosperous mountain areas, mainly in tourism (such as in the Alps) or in public services in sparsely popul ...[+++]ated areas (especially in Sweden and Finland).

The fact that the Canadian Tourism Commission is now in Vancouver means that it is located in a minority francophone environment, which means that its efforts with regard to section 41 not only concern its pan-Canadian projects, but can also benefit from its proximity to western Canada.

15. Welcomes the launch by the Commission in 2009 of the Calypso programme, whose aim is both social (to enable categories of person who would be unlikely to go on holiday nonetheless to do so) and economic (aid to tourism by encouraging people to go on holiday during the ‘low season’); considers that it should be continued, subject to an assessment – in which stakeholders should participate – of the results achieved; calls on the Commission and Member States, in their tourism strategies, to devote particular attention to cross-border regional and local tourism;

16. Stresses that, thanks to their geographical situation, the outermost regions (ORs) and overseas countries and territories (OCTs) are the European Union’s windows on the world and that they respond perfectly to some of the options proposed by the Commission, in particular the development of out-of-season tourism for EU citizens; points out that the ORs also offer nearby countries such as the United States, Canada and the BRIC group of countries, particularly Brazil, the opportunity to discover the specific features of tourism on European territory, which combines safe travel, health infrastructure and quality hotel and catering facil ...[+++]ities;