FACET

Facilitate the Adoption of Circular Entrepreneurship in the Tourism and leisure sector
Priority Axis
Resource Efficient EconomySpecific objective
Circular Economy
Lead partner
NV Economische Impuls ZeelandContact
Start Date
01/01/2020End Date
30/09/2022Project budget
3 891 756 €ERDF amount
2 335 053 €ERDF rate
60%About
Common challenge
Tourism plays a strong role in the regional economies of the 2 seas area and according to the UN World Tourism Organisation tourism will increase from 5 to 8% yearly in the 2seas countries. Besides income, tourism also brings mass consumption of resources (estimated global increased consumption is 92% water, 189% land (Tourism Watch)) which could strain the already limited resources of the region where tourism and other sectors compete. Tourists also tend to produce more waste than locals (European Environment Agency in Tourism and the Environment 2018), further increasing the challenge (in particular due to the seasonality) of waste and waste processing. Although demand for sustainable tourism increases, and some entrepreneurs are starting to look for circular solutions, the general approach in tourism remains linear, in part because entrepreneurs lack knowhow on how to switch to the circular approach needed to ensure that tourism continues to be economically beneficial.