Ruraltour Professional

01/06/2026

“We must learn to navigate in a sea of uncertainties, sailing to and from islands of security. " — Edgar Moran
An appropriate quote for the future of tourism and hoteliness.
Pantour's new Skills Strategy and Action Plan Pact for Next Tourism Generation Skills - Pantour highlights something many industries still underestimate: the future of hospitality will depend on adaptability, lifelong learning, digital skills and leadership in sustainable development.
A powerful reminder that the organizations that invest in people and skills today will shape the tourism industry of tomorrow.
Especially valuable is the practical dimension of the initiative:
45 concrete actions related to skill enhancement, green innovation, workforce inclusion and sustainability.
During the final webinar on June 4 at 5 pm BG time, Pact for Next Tourism Generation Skills - Pantour the topic will be discussed in more detail: https://nexttourismgeneration.eu/event/webinar-building-skills-in-tourism-through-collaboration-from-strategy-to-action/

register here https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1dfxkxp4HiZxcvB08QHQU7N7bTby27-WgVrjeqAPVBEc/viewform?edit_requested=true

01/06/2026

💭 On a Thursday morning in a hotel in Spain, the sustainability coordinator is looking at an approved sustainability plan and wondering whether her team has the skills to actually deliver it. In Athens, a tour operator is interviewing a new generation of tour guides who will need to deal with group dynamics across several cultures in one single afternoon. In Dublin, a destination marketing manager is looking at an AI-generated itinerary on her screen and asking: does anyone on my team actually know how to evaluate this?

These are everyday situations of the European tourism and hospitality sector, and for the past four years they have been the foundation on which the Pact for Next Tourism Generation Skills - Pantour project has done its work.

As the PANTOUR project (june 2022- june 2026) is approaching its closing, this is a good moment to look back at what the impact of the Sectoral Skills Intelligence Monitor, developed by Breda University of Applied Sciences (BUas), has produced and what it leaves behind for the people doing skills work in the sector every day.

The lead developer of this monitor, Corné Dijkmans, wrote about the results of four years of listening to a sector in motion in a new blog https://nexttourismgeneration.eu/four-years-of-listening-to-a-sector-in-motion-the-results-of-pantours-sectoral-skills-intelligence-monitor/

01/06/2026

The date of the International Conference entitled ‘Inclusive and Smart Tourism Destinations: Strategies for innovation’ is approaching and we would like to kindly remind you of the opportunity for you and your organisation to take part in the event.

The Conference will be held on June 18, 2026 at the Aquarium of Genoa, Italy, in a hybrid format, allowing participants to attend either in person or remotely according to their organisational needs.

As the event is co-organized with the AccessibleEU initiative of the European Commission, participation is free of charge; however, registration is required.

Should you wish to participate, we kindly invite you to complete the registration form available at the following link.

The updated conference programme is available on the official event website: https://www.inclusivedestinations.org/

Summary of Event Details

Date: Thursday, 18 June 2026
Time: 09:00–17:00 CEST
Format: Hybrid (in-person and online)
Cost: Free of charge
Registration link: Registration - Inclusive and Smart Tourism https://inclusivedestinations.org/registrationDestinations - Strategies for innovation
Organizing Secretariat
Inclusive and Smart Tourism Destinations: Strategies for Innovation
ENAT – AccessibleEU – AISM
Phone: +39 010 2713852
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.inclusivedestinations.org

01/06/2026

𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐧 𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐯𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐨𝐫 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐨𝐨𝐥.

🥾 Throughout Europe's Protected Areas, trails help guide visitors: Showing them the incredible beauty of our natural heritage, whilst also protecting valuable - and vulnerable - ecosystems.

Yet, trails remain politically invisible, under-funded, and structurally unsupported.

EUROPARC, as a member of the ENOS European Network Outdoor Sport Trail Expert Group contributed to the newly released European Trails Policy Paper.

👉 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐚𝐩𝐞𝐫 𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐥 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐠𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐬 𝐚𝐬 𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐩𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐜 𝐢𝐧𝐟𝐫𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐝, 𝐟𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐢𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐄𝐮𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐧 𝐔𝐧𝐢𝐨𝐧, 𝐌𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐥𝐨𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐚𝐮𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬.

Does your organisation want to support the initiative? Then become a signatory of the European Trails Policy Paper!

Discover the paper, and become a signatory here: https://forms.cloud.microsoft/pages/responsepage.aspx?id=g1AlPigZX0yjG2LF2tRelpQilRM1f75BjEt8d3CrZhpUM1ZIS0hYNjA2MDBEWTE2QUdBWEtCUTVLNC4u&route=shorturl

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