EUDS filled the position of tourism mentor to Enterprise Estonia during a two-year period. We developed a tourism destination management system and led the change process within the Estonian Tourist Board looking at a new strategy, structure and culture.

EUDS assessed the proposed peer-review methodology in tourism and its respective indicators. At the end of the project, the team introduced a set of new, practicable indicators to the measuring of sustainability in tourism destinations.

Florian Sengstschmid was the Keynote speaker on ‘Sustainable Tourism Development’ at a conference organized by the governor of Alytus county in Lithuania.

EUDS worked through the PRESERVE project to peer review two regions; Örebro in Sweden and Eszak-Alföd in Hungary. We assessed the regional tourism development strategy, conducted qualitative interviews and formulated a strategic approach for future regional tourism development.

In co-operation with the Austrian Ministry of Economics and UNESCO, EUDS designed a workshop on the topic of ‘Sustainable Destination Management with focus on Intangible Heritage’.

EUDS performed a best-practice analysis on ‘the effectiveness of the media in regards to using the internet for promotion and information dissemination’ in online marketing, with a special focus on coastal regions.

A major potential of tourism in Estonia lies in the beautiful, unspoilt nature. In this context EUDS developed a product and theme-management strategy for the Estonian National Tourist Office.

EUDS developed a new business model based on the existing assets of Raffeisen Bank in Austria in the field of tourism.

EUDS advised the National Tourist Office of Hungary on a Tourism Destination Management strategy in South-Transdanubia.

EUDS managed the Austrian EDEN project in collaboration with the Austrian National Tourist Office and Austrian Ministry of Economics in the years from 2007 until 2011. The topics of the award reached from Rural Tourism, Tourism and Intangible Heritage, Sustainable Tourism in Protected Areas, Aquatic Tourism to Tourism and Regeneration of physical sites. EUDS developed the selection criteria, assessed potential sites within Austria and jointly with other jury members proposed the final 3 destinations to be presented to an international jury

Florian Sengstschmid was the project director for the Austrian National Tourist Office for the UEFA EURO2008 jointly hosted in Austria and Switzerland.