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04/12/2025 ECTAA welcomes balanced compromise in Package Travel Directive agreement
ECTAA welcomes the provisional agreement reached on 2 December in the trilogue negotiations on the revision of the Package Travel Directive (PTD). The outcome represents a balanced and pragmatic compromise that takes into account several concerns raised by Europe’s travel industry and helps ensure that travellers can continue to benefit from a highly protected and reliable travel product.
On behalf of the European Tourism Industry Coalition, representing a broad ecosystem of travel and tourism businesses across Europe, we wish to express our collective position on key issues currently under discussion during the trilogue negotiations on the revision of the Package Travel Directive (PTD).
The tourism industry plays a vital role in Europe’s economy.Almost 1 in 13 enterprises in the EU business economy belonged to tourism industries, employing 12.3 million persons, fostering regional development, and contributing to Europe’s global competitiveness. Any revision of the PTD must therefore ensure legal clarity, proportionality, and a harmonised internal market, avoiding unnecessary administrative burdens that could undermine the sector’s recovery and resilience.
