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Europe’s Best-Kept Tourism Secret Is 27,000 Sites Wide: How Natura 2000 Could Become the World’s Most Powerful Sustainable Tourism Network

Published July 15, 2026 by Staff Writer

Europe’s Best-Kept Tourism Secret Is 27,000 Sites Wide: How Natura 2000 Could Become the World’s Most Powerful Sustainable Tourism Network

Tourism already contributes 7.1 per cent of the European Union's gross value added — approximately €807 billion in 2024 — and supports more than 20 million jobs across the bloc.

The European Commission has published landmark guidelines to unlock the tourism potential of the world’s largest coordinated network of protected areas—creating a…

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