Communication from the commission β Towards a Common European Tourism Data Space: boosting data sharing and innovation across the tourism ecosystem. Euro exchange rates β 25 July Prior notification of a concentration Case M. Towards a Common European Tourism Data Space: boosting data sharing and innovation across the tourism ecosystem.
This Communication presents the journey towards the common European data space for tourism, which involves all stakeholders in the tourism ecosystem: Member States, local and regional authorities, and the private sector as well as the EU institutions. The data space provides the tourism ecosystem with a key tool in supporting its transition towards more sustainability and deeper digitalisation, as foreseen in the Transition Pathway for Tourism 1 , and in full alignment with the European strategy for data 2.
The European strategy for data introduced common European data spaces in key economic sectors and domains of public interest 3 as essential policy developments to empower both public and private sectors with the value of data, for the benefit of the European economy and society.
The Council Conclusions of 25 March 4 supported the development of the data spaces. By combining legislative, policy and funding measures, the data strategy aims at creating a single European data space, a genuine single market for data where information can flow across sectors and borders and be shared and used to boost innovation. As a result, it is a versatile sector when it comes to data, both generated and shared. Private and public actors alike understand that information is key and are showing a great interest in data, but with varying degrees of maturity, understanding and skills to untap the potential of information, which is highly diverse, fragmented, and often dormant in silos.
A common European data space will provide the ecosystem with more quality data to be shared, used and accessed by more stakeholders, which will feed into innovative services and solutions.
