CHARM: Discovering charming villages in Europe

The NIT is pleased about the successful project conclusion of the CHARM initiative, co-financed by the EU-COSME programme. Under the motto “CHARMing villages: Empowering the rural destinations of Europe”, the NIT was involved as a project partner in the implementation of a marketing platform for ten selected rural destinations in Europe. Recently, the official closing […] Read more

Reiseanalyse 2021

The NIT is happy to announce that the Forschungsgemeinschaft Urlaub und Reisen e.V. (FUR) has assigned us with the conceptual design and the implementation of the next Reiseanalyse. The Reiseanalyse is the longest-standing and most extensive survey on the holiday travel behaviour of the German-speaking population resident in Germany. […] Read more

Prowad Link customer survey in the German, Danish and Dutch Wadden Sea (2020/2021)

As part of the Interreg VB Project PROWAD LINK the federal agency for coastal protection, national parks and marine protection in Schleswig-Holstein (LKN.SH/NPV) has assigned the NIT with the coordination, implementation and evaluation of a cross-border customer survey in the Wadden Sea regions of Denmark, Germany and the Netherlands. This survey aims to provide information on guest […] Read more

NIT supports EU Project CIVITAS DESTINATIONS

Together with NECSTouR, NIT supports the EU project CIVITAS DESTINATIONS through its tourism expertise in the development of sustainable mobility concepts for cities in the following partner regions: Funchal in Madeira, Las Palmas in Gran Canaria, Valletta in Malta, Portoferraio and Rio Marina in Elba, Rethymno in Crete and Limassol in Cyprus.

Assessing the meaning of peer-to-peer tourism markets

Sharing economy, peer-to-peer-markets or collaborative economy are some of the labels attached to phenomena which are not new to tourism. Renting out a place to sleep, to drive or to eat has become a global and quickly rising aspect of tourism because of global digital platforms facilitating the peer-to-peer economy. We study, what this could mean for destinations. […] Read more