CCOO and 5 environmental organisations propose a fair transition for the tourism sector

CCOO and the environmental organisations Friends of the Earth, Ecologists in Action, Greenpeace, SEO/BirdLife and WWF have analysed the extreme vulnerability of the tourism sector, which generates a lot of employment, but with a high level of temporary and precarious employment. They have also addressed the need to avoid this dependency and move towards a productive model based more on technological and industrial development and on activities aimed at decarbonising the economy and strengthening public services linked to health and care. This transition is especially important in sun and beach tourism areas, which are highly dependent on this sector.

To this end, they argue that it is not possible to rely on the development of new infrastructures that would prolong this model, that excessive touristification of some urban centres must be avoided and that certain limits must be set on the tourist offer in very saturated areas. In this regard, the tourist reception capacity of each territory must be considered in relation to the limits imposed by the natural heritage and the living conditions of the people who live in tourist destinations.

In any case, the sector must be environmentally sustainable, diversified and resilient, with tourist destinations and activities based on compliance with regulations, quality of employment, respect for the territory and biodiversity and framed within emission reduction measures.

CCOO and the environmental organisations Friends of the Earth, Ecologists in Action, Greenpeace, SEO/BirdLife and WWF propose that for this transformation the tourism sector needs specific fair transition measures by developing the Fair Transition Strategy drawn up by the Government. These areas, which are saturated and dependent on the Government, need support measures to promote a reorientation of their production model, promoting clean industrial development, an energy transition based on renewable energy, the circular economy, the bioeconomy, social and health services and primary sectors based on their native resources such as agroecology, extensive livestock farming or sustainable forestry.

We leave you all the proposals in the PDF file.