EU dashboard to visualize change in the European tourism ecosystem

The EU Tourism Dashboard provides interactive visualizations of data and indicators relevant to the European tourism ecosystem. The data comes from reliable sources such as Eurostat, national statistical offices and the Joint Research Center and aims to paint a picture of the shift towards more sustainable tourism in all EU countries as well as Iceland, Norway and Switzerland. The environmental, digital and socio-economic pillars of EU policy mapped in the dashboard are relevant for the development.

Finding sticking points faster

The target group of the dashboard are political decision-makers at national and regional level as well as tourism companies from the industry who are involved in the alignment of strategies and measures in the tourism ecosystem. In addition, researchers and statistics officers, but also interested travelers. The EU Tourism Dashboard is an online knowledge tool that can be used to identify problems and facilitate policy initiatives for more sustainable tourism.

Under "My destination", users can see how each of the countries covered performs in relation to the three political pillars. Examples of ecological indicators include the proportion of rail travel, energy consumption through tourism (energy intensity), emissions from air traffic and the quality of (bathing) waters. Another function is the "indicator map view", which provides an overview of the performance of the entire EU region based on specific indicators from each pillar. The last interactive map of the dashboard is the "Monthly data view", which shows the development of a country per indicator in a timeline format.

A FAQ collection explains the most important terms of the dashboard, its intention and the calculation of the indicators. The data is available via publicly available interfaces; the exact syntax for accessing the data is also provided in the FAQ.

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