Sustainable Tourism Law

144 SUSTAINABLE TOURISM LAW and in the guidelines of the European Commission’s Directorate General Enterprise and Industry 19 . However, faced with the strong contribution that this innovative form of tourism offers in terms of cultural enrichment 20 , in Italy, the only normative figure (found at the constitutional level) is represented by Art. 9 of the Constitution for the protection of the landscape and the national historical and artistic heritage. It is, therefore, not uncommon for operators to regulate the competition between the value of economic development and the accomplishments linked to environmental and cultural values, in a regulatory environment where the national legislature only supports the development of the tourist enterprise by providing a straight grant’s supply (see, for example, the Council of Ministers’ decision of 1/8/2013). On the other hand, in Europe, where the Commission introduced the European Tourism Indicator System (ETIS) in 2013, with the aim of facilitating the tasks of tourism sectors when monitoring and evaluating their attitudes and the capacity for sustainable tourism through a comparative analysis of the various benefits provided. In this regard, the World Tourism Organization has listed some useful criteria for this check: 1) availability, 2) credibility, 3) temporality, 4) comparability, 19 The strategic, economic and policy lines relating to tourism are identified by the EC Council Decision of 13 July 1992. Community decisions and legislative documents on tourism generally look at the competitive development of the tourism industry and are mainly geared to the creation of youth employment and the sustainable promotion of this economic sector in Europe and internationally. Already in art. 11 of Regulation 4253 of 1988, pursuant to Art. 5 point 5 of Regulation 2052 of 1988, the European Commission initiated specific Community structural initiatives in areas considered to be of priority to a more balanced implementation of the Single Market. The most important Community initiative is INTEREG, dedicated to the promotion of a harmonious and lasting development of the whole Community territory. Another community initiative is URBAN, aimed at the economic and social revitalization of European cities to promote sustainable urban development. Among the European Union’s interventions since the 90’s to support tourism in rural and disadvantaged areas, cf. the LEADER program to promote projects that can create sustainable local development and tourism in collaboration with the agriculture, crafts and services sectors. The most recent initiative of the European Commission is the EDEN project with the aim of promoting European tourism destinations combining the objective of economic growth with the social, cultural and environmental sustainability of tourism. Finally, the Directorate General Enterprise and Industry of the European Commission also makes an Italian tourist guide accessible to the tourism industry (http://europa. eu.int/comm/enterprise/services/Tourismpublications/documents/internet-guideit.pdf). The guide provides an overview of all information on Community programs and highlights the relevance of the program for the tourism sector, program recipients, funding requirements, program duration, non-refundable aid component for projects, reference sites for more information on this. 20 The Albergo Diffuso model, proposed by the National Association of Hotels, ADI, received the award as a good practice to be transferred to developing countries, suitable for achieving the Millennium Goals- in Budapest on 27 June 2008 at the convention “Helping new talents to grow da parte dello United Nations Development Programme”, UNDP (United Nations Agency) – which considered the albergo diffuso to be a profitable, engaging, sustainable and a scientific intervention model; on the topic, cf. V. FRANCESCHELLI, Introduzione , in Manuale di diritto del turismo , Torino, 2003, XXII; G. DALL’ARA , Innovazione e territorio. Un nuovo paradigma per lo sviluppo del turismo a Riccione , Milano, 2006, pp. 20 ss.