Welcome to the NIT! For more than 30 years the NIT has been researching issues from tourism and related topics. On the basis of our research, we also develop tourism strategies within consultancy projects. On these pages you will find information about the Institute and our work. Please contact us for further information.
New Insights for Tourism.
Selected Projects
D3HUB – Tourism of Tomorrow Data-Driven-Destinations Hub
In recent years, in addition to many national projects, a number of European projects have also focussed on topics relating to data management in tourism and smart, data-driven destinations. Good examples include Smart Tourism Destinations and the European Data Space for Tourism (DATES and DSFT). […] Read more
Cross-Re-Tour
The EU project Cross-Re-Tour supports the innovation of sustainable and digital processes in companies in the tourism industry. The project provides access to knowledge, tools and innovation and brings tourism businesses together with pioneers of sustainable and digital change outside the tourism industry. In this way, Cross-Re-Tour aims to break down the barriers between sectors […] Read more
Sustainable Mobility in rural tourist regions
SMARTA-NET is a European initiative of the European Commission under DG Move that aims to promote sustainable and resilient mobility solutions in rural areas. Tourism plays an important role here. A consortium of five different countries is working on the project, besides NIT these are MemEx (Italy), E40 (Hungary), TIS (Portugal) and Panteia (Netherlands). […] Read more
“Tackling Climate Change” – Project wins 2nd prize at the German Tourism Award 2022
The 2nd prize of the jury of the German Tourism Association (DTV) goes this year to TourismusMarketing Niedersachsen GmbH. "The adaptation strategies for tourism in Lower Saxony are a trend-setting initiative of a state tourism organisation that takes a structured look at the consequences of climate change on tourism and sensitises and supports travel regions and service providers with a remarkable range of tools," said Norbert Kunz. "An important process has been initiated here, because the question has long been not whether climate change will affect German tourism in particular, but how and where."
In addition to preparatory online workshops, four regional conferences have been held in the near past, at which the respective local actors were able to present topic-related practical examples. Now the final conference will take place at the beginning of July. […] Read more
Wadden Sea Tourism Radar
Together with the WWF, the NIT has developed the "Wadden Sea Tourism Radar" as a component of the Interreg project PROWAD LINK: a guideline that supports locations in making tourism development in the Wadden Sea World Heritage Site sustainable and nature-compatible and in identifying undesirable developments at an early stage. […] Read more
AIR – AI-based recommender for sustainable tourism development
The development of processes based on artificial intelligence is intended to equalize and manage visitor flows in the future. This will provide sustainable tourism with a further opportunity to identify any clusters of visitors that may arise and the resulting congestion of popular travel and excursion destinations at an early stage. Using the information, visitors […] Read more
News
6th European network meeting on rural mobility
On 3 July 2024, the third meeting of the European Rural Mobility Network (ERMN) will take place as part of the EU SMARTA-NET project - with the participation of Bente Grimm and Rieka Oldsen. […] Read more
5th European network meeting on rural mobility
The SMARTA-NET Project is hosting its second in-person event in Évora (Portugal) with the aim of bringing together rural municipalities, experts, and practitioners to explore innovative approaches, share best practices, and identify financing mechanisms to enhance rural mobility.
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Sustainable Tourism Mobility Forum
Bente Grimm will have an active role at the Sustainable Tourism Mobility Forum which will be held on May, 27- 28th, 2024 in Breda/Netherlands. She will be one of the panellists at the session on local tourism transport sustainability pathways. […] Read more