Sustainability of the future development of European Tourism

This essay makes a critically review of the philosophy and the application of the term
sustainability by the European Commission to the future development of the European
Tourism. The European Commission is an institution of the European Union and it is in
charge of checking if the legislation is implemented in all the Member States of the Union.
One of the latest legislation is the Treaty of Lisbon and there is mentioned by the first time the
word Tourism. The European Commission is also in charge of the sustainable development in
all the sectors, but in this case we have to highlight the Tourism industry. It is also explained
briefly the concept of European Union and their characteristics. Finally, it will be explained
the different case studies like EU 2020, EDEN and JESSICA. In order to criticize the
application of sustainability.