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Section 1: Tourism, Rural Tourism and Accommodation
1.1. Tourism, Regional Tourism and Rural Tourism
1.1.4. The EU and Rural Tourism

Co-operation

Cooperation in the private sector must be encouraged and direct support given to the SMEs which make a considerable contribution to this sector.

The public administration and the private sector have to co-operate too in order to stimulate rural and regional tourism. Local initiatives, the so called bottom-up approach, must be supported.

Regional cooperation may be very useful, as it allows economies of scale to be made, common solutions to be found to common problems, and it facilitates the exchange of good practices.

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