Sustainable Tourism Mobility Forum

• 9.15  Registration and coffee 
• 10.00 Welcome by Daniel Attard, Member of the European Parliament (video), Wim Kulik, the Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs and Nina Nesterova, Breda University of Applied Sciences.  
• 10.10 Tourism and transport trends and developments by Ben Lynam, The Travel Foundation and Camille Mutrelle, Transport & Environment
• 10.30 Opening panel moderated by Anouk van Eekelen, NBTC
  • Katrin Erben, Austria Tourism
  • Suzanne Hoadley, International Road Union
  • Françoise Guaspare, Île-de-France Region, NECSTouR
  • Gert Nieuwboer, SNP Natuurreizen
  • Sacha Göddeke, NS Dutch Railways
• 11.15 Interactive sessions: round one
• 12.30 Networking lunch  
• 13.30 Interactive sessions:round two
• 15.00 Key insights from the interactive sessions, moderated by Attila Benedek, Senior Policy Advisor European Parliament
  • Celiane Camargo- Borges, BUas
  • Ben Lynam, The Travel Foundation
  • Yogi  Hendlin,  Erasmus University Rotterdam
  • Teodora Marinska, European Travel Commission
  • Willem van der Deijl-Kloeg, Tilburg University 
• 15.30 Final keynote: Koert van Mensvoort, Next Nature 
• 16.00 Networking reception  
• 17.30 End  
   

Introduction to the Interactive sessions  

Session 1: Rethinking tourism mobility consumption

Moderated by Celiane Camargo – Borges from Breda University of Applied Sciences  

Zooming into the interaction between supply and demand in tourism, this interactive session sketches alternative futures of sustainable tourism consumption and related to it tourism mobility consumption.   

Join this interactive session to explore how we can reduce tourism’s reliance on fossil fuels, reimagining more sustainable travel system. Together, we’ll discuss how tourism habits are shaped and challenge common consumption patterns in tourism mobility. Through group work and brainstorming, we’ll explore alternative ways to travel that respect planetary limits and identify changes needed from both travellers and the tourism industry to achieve this. 

Anne Durand, KiM  
Nathalie Poissonnier, FBBA  
Gert Nieuwboer, SNP Natuurreizen 
Agathe Daudibon, European Cyclists' Federation (ECF)  
 
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Session 2: Tourism mobility climate risks 

Moderated by Ben Lynam from Travel Foundation  

This interactive session explores the multifaceted climate risks impacting current tourism and transport stakeholders and explores ways to mitigate these climate risks.    

This session sets the stage for a conversation among key stakeholders—tour operators, transportation companies, destination managers, policymakers, and environmental organizations—about navigating sustainable tourism mobility transition while having a need to adapt to increasing climate risks. Upon completion of the session participants will be aware of climate risks that impact  tourism and transport ecosystem stakeholders, i discuss challenges and opportunities for both transport as tourism stakeholders and will jointly explore effective climate risk management strategies.    

Katrin Erben, Austria Tourism  
Alastair Crossley, Axa Partners  
Floor Bregman, Corendon
Françoise Guaspare, Île-de-France Region, NECSTouR

Session 3: Exploring business model innovation

Moderated by Yogi Hendlin from Erasmus University Rotterdam  

This interactive session explores political, economic and ideological factors that complicate business model innovation for sustainable tourism mobilities. We identify the various and subtle mechanisms delaying the required transitions to responsible travel, and collaboratively develop  strategies to address these obstacles.     

The aim of this session, to familiarise respondents with political, economic and ideological factors and resulting delay mechanisms that prevent the required business model innovations to take shape and create more responsible travel behaviour. Participants will jointly identify viable strategies to address these obstacles and investigate opportunities by building better value propositions for sustainable tourism mobilities. 

Saskia Griep, Better Places  
Remona van der Zon, KLM  
Hedwig Sietsema, Fugro  
Simone Wiegman, Extinction Rebellion

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Session 4: Unlocking data exchange potential 

Moderated by Teodora Marinska from European Travel Commission  

The objective of this interactive session is to identify data gaps, shared needs, and opportunities for collaboration between the tourism and transport sectors, enabling participants to explore how improved data sharing and cooperation can accelerate evidence-based decision-making for sustainable tourism mobility.   

This session explores how data can enhance tourism decision-making and performance evaluation from a holistic destination perspective. We’ll discuss how cross-sector tourism and transport  collaboration can unlock new opportunities, assess data availability in tourism and transport, and identify the need for common definitions to drive sustainable policies. By the end of the session, participants will gain insights into existing data gaps, shared needs, and actionable opportunities for fostering collaboration between the tourism and transport sectors.   

Paul Rooijmans, Tranzer & Lynxx 
Chiara Tomasi, Trainline 
Marie Doblhofer, Vienna Tourist Board 
Jasper Heslinga, NHL Stenden

Session 5: Developing pathways for a just and ethical transition 

Moderated by: Willem van der Deijl-Kloeg from Tilburg University  

This interactive session discusses the justice implications of current tourism mobility and provides directions for a just and ethical transition towards sustainable tourism mobility.   

Air travel is the largest contributor to tourism-related emissions, yet only a small, affluent segment of the population benefits, while Western countries bear the greatest historical responsibility. As climate and ecological crises intensify, this also threatens industry resilience. This session examines the evolving value of travel and the ethics of high-emission transport in tourism, exploring mobility justice paradigms, policy trade-offs, and actionable interventions. Participants will gain deeper awareness of how to shape a just and ethical transition in tourism mobility. 

Olaf Jonkeren, KiM  
Dick Timmer, TU Dortmund 
Anna Melnyk, TU Delft 
Simone Wiegman, Extinction Rebellion