Brussels, 12/11/2010 (Agence Europe) - The European Parliament's transport and tourism committee unanimously adopted, on 9 November, a report by Brian Simpson (S&D, UK), which recommends that the existing European framework for statistics on tourism should be improved. The current system, based on a directive dating back to 1995, has become outmoded, all the more as the newly established European tourism policy has considerable potential for development. “Tourism is an important economic...