SUSTAINABLE TOURISM IN THE ALPS Report on the State of the Alps ALPINE CONVENTION Alpine Signals – Special Edition 4 IMPRINT Editor: Pemanent Secretariat of the Alpine Convention www.alpconv.org [email protected] Office: Herzog-Friedrich-Strasse 15 A-6020 Innsbruck Austria Branch office: Viale Druso-Drususallee 1 I-39100 Bolzano-Bozen Italy Graphic design: De Poli & Cometto - Belluno - Italy Printing: Linea Grafica - Castelfranco Veneto - Italy Translations: INTRALP Cover Photo: Giuliano Gusatto © Permanent Secretariat of the Alpine Convention, 2013 ISBN 9788897500148 SUSTAINABLE TOURISM IN THE ALPS RePort oN THe state oF THe ALPS ALPINe CoNVeNTIoN ALPINe SIGNALS – SPeCIAL eDITIoN 4 2 ALPINE CONVENTION | SUSTAINABLE TOURISM IN THE ALPS The present report has been approved by the Alpine Conference through its 51st Permanent Committee on November 20th 2012. The preparation of this report has been coordinated by the Permanent Secretariat of the Alpine Convention in coordination with the French Presidency of an ad-hoc Working Group. The preparation of the maps was done by UBA Vienna, under a cooperation arrangement with the european environmental Agency eeA, and eURAC research. The text was drafted by the French Presidency of the ad-hoc expert group and its members, in coordination with the Permanent Secretariat. Permanent Secretariat of the Alpine Convention Marco onida, Secretary General Regula Imhof, Vice-Secretary General (coordinator of RSA 4 report) Marcella Morandini, Project officer Members of the ad-hoc expert group Presidency France Georges Ribière, Conseil général de l’environnement et du développement durable, Ministère de l’ecologie, du Développement Durable, et de l’enérgie (General Council for environment and sustainable development, Ministry of ecology, Sustainable Development and energy) Members Austria elisabeth Süßenbacher, Umweltbundesamt (environment Agency Austria, Department Landuse & Biosafety) Katharina Mayer-ertl, Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft, Familie und Jugend (Federal Ministry of economy, Family and Youth, Department Tourism and Historic objects) France Hélène Jacquet-Monsarrat, DATAR France, Délégation interministérielle à l’aménagement du teritoire et à l’attractivité régionale, Mission « dynamique des territoires » (Interministerial agency for spatial planning and regional attractiveness, Mission for dynamic of areas) Jean Pierre Chomienne, DATAR France (Interministerial agency for spatial planning and regional attractiveness) Germany Thomas Bausch, Alpenforschungsinstitut GmbH (Alpine Research Institute) Italy Stefano Balbi, Università Cà Foscari Venezia (expert appointed by Regione Veneto)/CMCC- euro-Mediterranean Centre on Cli- mate Change Andrea Bianchini, eURAC research, consultant of the Ministry of the environment, Land and Sea Luca Cetara, european School of economics, consultant of the Ministry of the environment, Land and Sea Thomas Streifeneder, eURAC research, Institute for Regional Development and Location Management, consultant of the Ministry of the environment, Land and Sea ALPINE CONVENTION | SUSTAINABLE TOURISM IN THE ALPS 3 other contributors: Julia Bönisch, Giulia Dal Bo’, Andrea omizzolo, Harald Pechlaner, Anna Scuttari – eURAC research, Institute for Regional Development and Location Management Liechtenstein Holger Frick, Amt für Wald, Natur und Landschaft (office of Forests, Nature and Land Management) Slovenia Blanka Bartol, Ministrstvo za infrastrukturo in prostor, Direktorat za prostor (Ministry of the Infrastructure and Spatial Planning, Spatial Planning Directorate) Switzerland Juliane Barras, ARe Bundesamt für Raumentwicklung (Federal Department of the environment, Transport, energy and Communications DeTeC, Federal office for Spatial Development ARe) Jonas Schmid, ARe Bundesamt für Raumentwicklung (Federal Department of the environment, Transport, energy and Communications DeTeC, Federal office for Spatial Development ARe) observing members of the ad-hoc expert group CAA (Club Arc Alpin), Veronika Schulz CIPRA International, Christian Baumgartner FIANET, Laurent Reynaud, Raphael Schönbächler ISCAR (International Scientific Committee on Research in the Alps), Philippe Bourdeau Pro Mont Blanc, Barbara ehringhaus Scientific review (organized by ISCAR) Prof. John Tuppen, University Joseph Fourier Grenoble, France Prof. Magda Antonioli, University Bocconi Milan, Italy Prof. Tanja Mihalič, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia Focal Points of the Alpine Convention Austria ewald Galle, Lebensministerium (Federal Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, environment and Water Management; Division V/9 International environmental Affairs) France Marine de Carné, Ministère de l’ecologie, du Développement Durable, et de l’enérgie (Ministry of ecology, Sustainable Development and energy) Isabelle Paillet, Ministère de l’ecologie, du Développement Durable, et de l’enérgie (Ministry of ecology, Sustainable Development and energy) 4 ALPINE CONVENTION | SUSTAINABLE TOURISM IN THE ALPS Germany Silvia Reppe, Bundesministerium für Umwelt, Naturschutz und Reaktorsicherheit (Federal Ministry for the environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety) Peter eggensberger, Bayerisches Staatsministerium für Umwelt und Gesundheit (Bavarian State Ministry of the environment and Public Health) Italy Paolo Angelini, Ministero dell’Ambiente e della Tutela del Territorio e del Mare (Ministry of environment, Land and Sea) Liechtenstein Felix Näscher, Amt für Wald, Natur und Landschaft (office of Forests, Nature and Land Management) Monaco Patrick Van Klaveren, Ministère d´etat, (State Ministry), Délégué Permanent auprès des organismes Internationaux à caractère scientifique, environnemental et humanitaire (Permanent representative of scientific, environmental and humanitarian International Bodies) Slovenia Tanja Bogataj, Ministrstvo za infrastrukturo in prostor (Ministry of the Infrastructure and Spatial Planning) Switzerland Silvia Jost, ARe Bundesamt für Raumentwicklung (Federal Department of the environment, Transport, energy and Communications DeTeC, Federal office for Spatial Development ARe) Institutions and persons that contributed to the report For the drafting of the Report, the data, good practices, case studies and consultations were provided by public and private institutions. Special thanks go to: Austria Statistik Österreich (Statistics Austria) Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft, Familie und Jugend, Sektion Tourismus und Historische objekte (Federal Ministry of economy, Family and Youth, Department Tourism and Historic objects) Lebensministerium - Bundesministerium für Land- und Forstwirtschaft, Umwelt und Wasserwirtschaft (Federal Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, environment and Water Management) Österreichischer Gewerkschaftsbund/Gewerkschaft vida Bundesfachgruppe Tourismus (Hotel, Catering and Personal Service Union – vida) Umweltbundesamt (environment Agency Austria, departments of “Landuse & Biosafety”, “Transport & Noise”, “Biodiversity & Nature Conservation”) Wirtschaftskammer Österreich, Bundesparte Tourismus und Freizeitwirtschaft (Austrian Federal economic Chamber, Industry Sector Tourism and Leisure) Austrian „Länder“ with regions being part of the area of the Alpine Convention CAA, Club Arc Alpin EEA, european environment Agency European Commission, Directorate-General enterprise and Industry, Tourism Development Unit ALPINE CONVENTION | SUSTAINABLE TOURISM IN THE ALPS 5 France ADeMe, Agence de l’environnement et de la Maîtrise de l’energie (French environmental and energy Management Agency) IRSTeA, l’institut national de recherche en sciences et technologies pour l’environnement et l’agriculture (National Research institute of Science and Technologies for environment and agriculture) Ministère de l’ecologie, du Développement durable, et de l’énergie, Direction des affaires européenne et internationales ; Conseil général de l’environnement et du développement durable, Commission permanente des ressources naturelles (Ministry of ecology, Sustainable Development, and energy, Directory for european and international affaires; General Council of environment and Sustainable development, Permanent Commission of natural resources) Ministère de l’égalité des territoires et du logement - Délégation interministérielle à l’aménagement du territoire et à l’attractivité régionale (Ministry of territorial equality and lodging Interministerial agency for spatial planning and regional attractiveness) Ministère chargé de l’industrie - sous-direction du tourisme - Atout France (Ministry in charge of industry - sub-directorate of tourism - Atout France) Germany Bayerisches Staatsministerium für Arbeit und Sozialordnung, Familie und Frauen (Bavarian State Ministry of Labour and Social Welfare, Family Affairs and Women) Bayerisches Staatsministerium für ernährung, Landwirtschaft und Forsten (Bavarian State Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Forestry) Bayerisches Staatsministerium des Innern (Bavarian State Interior Ministry) Bayerisches Staatsministerium für Unterricht und Kultus (Bavarian State Ministry of education) Bayerisches Staatsministerium für Wirtschaft, Infrastruktur, Verkehr und Technologie (Bavarian State Ministry of economic Affairs, Infrastructure, Transport and Technology) CIPRA Deutschland (CIPRA Germany) Italy Italian Partnership of the eTC Alpine Space ClimAlpTour Project: Ministry of the environment, Land and Sea; Veneto Region (Lead partner) and Cà Foscari University, Venice eURAC research european School of economics CMCC - euro-Mediterranean Centre on Climate Change Liechtenstein