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Together with NET
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(the Network for the European Private Sector in Tourism), the ETC and NECSTouR, HOTREC
calls upon the long-term application of low Value Added Tax to tourist accommodation, restaurant and café
services and in general to tourism services, in order to help the tourism industry to increase its competitiveness
on the global travel market and to help Europe to remain the number one tourism destination in the world. The
European tourism stakeholder alliance as represented by all signing parties beneath, together with HOTREC also
call upon the mapping of all tourism taxes and levies affecting tourism at national level and the assessment of
their impact on competitiveness.
Michel de Blust
Secretary General of ECTAA,
the European Travel Agents’
and Tour Operators’ Association
Ros Pritchard
Secretary General of EFCO&HPA,
European Federation of
Campingsite Organisations
and Holiday Park Associations
Tom Jenkins
CEO of ETOA,
European Tourism Association
Jan Korthoudt
Vice-President of NECSTouR,
Network of European Regions
for Competitive and Sustainable
Tourism
Klaus Ehrlich
General Secretary of Eurogites,
European Federation of Rural
Tourism
Eduardo Santander
Executive Director of ETC,
European Travel Commission
Rémi Lebeda
Head of EU Passenger
Transport of IRU
Tom Fecke
Secretary General of CLIA-Europe,
Cruise Lines International
Association
Karen Staley
Senior Vice President of
IAAPA EMEA,The International
Association of Amusement Parks
& Attractions
MESSAGE FROM THE EUROPEAN
TOURISM STAKEHOLDER
ALLIANCE
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