Finland tourism report 2008

Abstract

Council Decision 86/664/EEC of 22 December 19861 establishing a consultation and cooperation pro-cedure in the field of tourism foresees that “each Member State shall send the Commission, once a year, a report on the most significant measures it has taken and, as far as possible, on measures it is considering taking in the provision of services for tourists which could have consequences for travel-lers from the other Member States”. With the publication of the “Agenda for a sustainable and competitive European tourism”, the Commis-sion announced that “in order to strengthen the collaboration with and among Member States, their current annual reporting through the Tourism Advisory Committee (TAC) will be used to facilitate the exchange and the dissemination of information about how their policies and actions safeguard the sustainability of tourism”. This Communication was welcomed by the Competitiveness Council conclusions (22nd-23rd Novem-ber 2007) and by the Presidency Conclusions of the Brussels European Council of 14th December 2007. The main aims for the reporting process are: to be able to monitor the level of implementation of the “Agenda for a sustainable and competi-tive European tourism” by Member States; to facilitate the exchange of experiences among member States with regard to how they tackle issues which are important for the competitiveness and sustainability of European tourism.