Project description
Mobility solutions for attractive, sustainable Mediterranean tourism
While European economies in the Mediterranean increasingly rely on tourism, many towns lack the necessary resources and tailored services to effectively deliver sustainable mobility solutions to both residents and tourists. Transportation poses crucial and challenging problems in most tourist destinations. To address this issue, the EU-funded DESTINATIONS project aims to provide green, smart, and flexible transportation proposals, as well as establish effective private-public collaboration schemes and business models. The project will implement integrated innovative mobility solutions in Madeira, Limassol, Rethymno, Valletta, Elba, and Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, targeting the mobility demands of residents and tourists. It will deliver sustainable mobility tools and strategies while also demonstrating and evaluating the effectiveness of each of the six proposed solutions.
Objective
Within the EU, and particularly following the economic crisis; tourism will be, the ‘engine for economic growth’, particularly in the underperforming Mediterranean economies; where tourism has traditionally been a dominant economic sector. The world market of tourists continues to grow and Europe has unique selling points for further tourist growth from within and outside the EU (including China). The competitive market for tourism means that cities have to provide the high quality, sustainable environments desired by tourists, while providing local sustainable employment opportunities that overcome the seasonal and sometimes informal nature of tourist economies. Achieving sustainable mobility is a vital part of the growth equation for Europe’s tourist cities.DESTINATIONS will develop an innovative holistic approach to building sustainable urban mobility systems for both residents and tourists. The project impacts will make a positive contribution to demonstrating how this can achieve growth and therefore provide a benchmark for other EU tourist cities.
DESTINATIONS will demonstrate and evaluate the effectiveness of innovative sustainable mobility solutions in 6 tourist cities with different characteristics but sharing common challenges. The solutions will address:
• Sustainable Urban Mobility Planning for residents and visitors
• Safe, attractive and accessible public spaces for all generations
• Shared mobility and e-infrastructures towards zero emissions transport
• Smart & clean urban freight logistics at tourist destinations
• Mobility management & awareness for sustainable mobility
• Attractive, clean, accessible and efficient public transport
Achieving the objectives will increase the attractiveness of the city, both for tourists and for businesses in the sector and multiplier impacts in the economy for goods and services. All of these will contribute to better social cohesion (which attracts further investment). So sustainable mobility grows the economy.
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9020 242 Funchal
Portugal
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Participants (31)
9020-105 Funchal
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9004 512 Funchal
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9004519 Funchal
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9004-524 Funchal
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9020-105 Funchal
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3045 Limassol
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3600 Lemesos
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3065 Lemesos
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74100 Rethimno
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731 00 Chania
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57039 Rio Nell'Elba
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57037 Portoferraio
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57123 Livorno
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MRS 1917 Marsa
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VLT 1410 VALLETTA
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MSD 2080 MSIDA
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VLT 1116 Valletta
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35008 Las Palmas De Gran Canaria
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08024 Barcelona
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30005 Las Palmas De Gran Canaria
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35017 Las Palmas De Gran Canaria
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35015 Las Palmas De Gran Canaria
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44000 Nantes
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00187 Roma
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011186 Bucuresti
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28020 Madrid
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90403 Nurnberg
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WIT 4TP London
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35700 Rennes
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100124 BEIJING
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53343 Wachtberg
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