We met with the ASTO team to share work strategies on the different categories that we monitor regarding the economic, environmental and social impact of tourism.
Both the ASTO Observatory and ours are part of the INSTO Network of the UNWTO, a network created to monitor the economic, environmental and social impact of tourism at destination level. The initiative is based on the sustainable and resilient growth of the sector through measurement and monitoring, supporting evidence-based tourism management.
The Sustainable Tourism Observatory of Alentejo, Portugal, is a laboratory based at the University of Évora, which aims to monitor the evolution of sustainable tourism development in Alentejo, assuming the production of information as a fundamental capital for the training of tourism agents in the destination and for the development of the Research and Development system in the region where it operates.
During their stay in Mallorca, they also met with the vice president of European affairs of Turistec, Dolores Ordóñez, to discuss issues regarding information and communication technologies applied to tourism.
They also visited the environmental technology park, a world leader in waste management, TIRME, the municipal company Calvià 2000, responsible for street cleaning, waste collection, the wastewater treatment network and water purification, and Hidrobal, a water supply management company in the municipality of Calvià.