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HomeStudy on the economic impact of short stay visa facilitation on the tourism industry and on the overall economies of EU Member States being part of the Schengen Area
Final report. 3rd revision
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The objective of the study has been to evaluate the current implementation of the common visa provisions in the Schengen area from the tourism industry/travellers' viewpoint, and to develop and implement a methodology to assess the economic impact of visa facilitation. The report furthermore proposes solutions to identified problems, suggests good practices and makes policy recommendations based on the evidence collected. A security/risk assessment was not the objective of this study, and has not been included as a factor in the economic impact assessment. However, it has been included in the assessment of possible visa facilitation options. The study has focused on travellers to the Schengen area from six target markets: China, India, the Russian Federation, Saudi Arabia, South Africa and Ukraine. Together, travellers from these six markets comprised almost two thirds of the visa travellers to the Schengen area in 2012, adding up to, in total, 9.3 million visitors from the target markets. Furthermore, these countries are foreseen as strong growth markets for international outbound tourism, with Chinese and Russian travellers, in particular, already among the top five tourism spenders globally. Primary data has been collected from Schengen Member States’ consulates, Travel Agents and Tour Operators. A panel survey was conducted among current and potential travellers to the Schengen area, asking respondents about their travel habits, preferences, perceptions and opinions about the Schengen visa practices, as well as their preferred facilitation options. The findings in the current study mainly capture views of individuals who have already travelled to the Schengen area and/or elsewhere. In order to take the potential “new travellers” into account, a forecasted growth factor has been included in all calculations.
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- Corporate author(s): Directorate-General for Enterprise and Industry (European Commission) , Eurasylum , Ramboll
- Personal author(s): Maegaard Nielsen, Ida ; Heegaard Bausager, Mathilde ; Leonardsen, Jonathan ; Attström, Karin ; Nybro Hansen
- Themes: Community treaties, agreements and conventions , Financial integration — Free movement of capital , Tourism
- Subject: administrative formalities , China , economic consequence , EU Member State , EU visa policy , external border of the EU , free movement of persons , identity document , India , Russia , Saudi Arabia , Schengen Agreement , South Africa , traveller , Ukraine
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| ISSN | ISBN | DOI | Catalogue number NB-02-13-529-EN-N |
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