AER continues to monitor funding opportunities for the tourism sector, being a key factor for the economic and social development of European regions. In fact, the tourism sector represents the third largest EU economic sector and contributes to nearly 10% to the EU Gross Domestic Product and employs around 17 million people.
Following our previous article, AER would like to inform its members and partners about the updated version of the Guide on EU funding for the tourism sector for the 2014-2020 programming period which was released by the European Commission (last update on 05/08/2016).
The Guide gathers information on sources of EU funding of interest to the European tourism industry from both private and public sector. This new version comes with updated hyperlinks, the latest information on financial instruments and additional examples of recently selected projects.
The guide is available for download in the following languages: