MEPs on the European Parliament’s transport and tourism committee, discussing the report on the 2017 budget, voted on Thursday 1 September for a “European Capital of Tourism” title to be put in place.
Taking their inspiration from the existing European Capital of Culture and European Capital of Sport schemes, MEPs Renaud Muselier (EPP, France) and Istvan Ujhelyi (S&D, Hungary) argue that a title of this nature could promote the richness that European countries offer tourists and...