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"Tourism, which is the third leading social and economic activity of the EU, representing 10% of its GDP and constituting 12% of total employment, is a very important sector because, apart from its focus on the integration and development of less developed regions, it can also harmonise growth with moral and sustainable development in EU Member States. In addition to the above, it is an important instrument in the enhancement, dissemination and promotion of our image in the world.
Tourism has always been a part of Community policy making. Since December 2009 in particular, EU institutions have taken a new direction in the implementation of new competences guaranteed by the Lisbon Treaty, which endows the EU with the authority to supplement and to coordinate activities carried out by the Member States in the field of tourism. By means of its communication of June last year, as well as the new priorities set out in the Europe 2020 strategy, the European Commission wishes to support a coordinated approach and to set a framework of activities aiming at the strengthening of competitiveness and the capacity for sustainable development in this sector.
I firmly believe that it is important to follow carefully the measures proposed by the Commission, as well as the proposals presented by the European Parliament, and to monitor their actual performance on a regular basis. It is right to maintain continuity in the proposed measures, which would make it possible to apply a new European Union strategy in the tourism sector."@en1
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