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The International Organisation of Social Tourism is an international non-profit association, whose aim is to promote access to tourism for all, and more particularly for low-income population groups.

With its worldwide network of members, the OITS is nowadays considered the true world organization of social tourism.

OITS members include associations, trade unions, cooperatives, private organizations, as well as public authorities in charge of tourism.

 

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Member news
24/05/2012
Alliance International conference: social tourism in the world

Social tourism has very different meanings in different countries. Accordingly, systems as well as beneficiaries vary strongly from one country to the other. In many countries, societal changes and ch...
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05/04/2012
ISTO is hiring for its European Project!

ISTO is looking to hire a project manager and an administrative assistant to work on Steep, the European project ISTO and its partners obtained from the Commission within the framework of the Calypso Action.

For more information, check out the job descriptions
Deadline for applications: 30/04/2012
 
16/03/2012
ISTO and partners obtain Calypso Web Platform Project

The International Social Tourism Organisation (ISTO) and its partners have been chosen by the European Commission to promote social tourism in Europe through the development of a Calypso Web platfo...
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05/12/2011
6th European Forum in Malta!

The 6th European Social Tourism Forum themed « Social Tourism in the EU: a new dynamic? Various stakeholders for active partnerships » took place last November 23rd to 26th 2011 in Malta. Read more
 
21/10/2011
European Social Tourism Forum in Malta

This Forum, themed « Social Tourism in the EU: a new dynamic? Various stakeholders for active partnerships », is the perfect occasion to inform yourself on the new evolutions in the European s...
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24-27/08/2011
Social Tourism in the Americas Meeting

“Tourism and Inclusion:
Towards a humanist and social vision of tourism in the Americas”

The Social Tourism in the Americas Meeting, which will be held from August 24th to 27th 2011, is ...
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09/06/2011
Publication of the first ISTO Network Directory

The first Directory of the International Social Tourism Organisations’ Network of Local and Regional Authorities (ISTO) has been presented during the plenary meeting of the Network which was held on M...
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05/04/2011
Conference on Challenges and Opportunities for Local and Regional Authorities in Tourism for All

The International Social Tourism Organisation (ISTO) is organising for the first time in partnership with the Jämtland Region a conference on “Tourism for All” in Scandinavia that will take place in Ö...
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07/03/2011
Renewal of the Partnership agreement with SEGITTUR


On February 21st of this year, the ISTO President, Jean-Marc Mignon and the President of SEGITTUR, Javier Bustamante Moreno, signed a new partnership agreement in Brussels.


Both or...
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19/10/2010
BITS becomes OITS

During the World Congress of Social Tourism 2010 in Rimini, the members of BITS officially approved the new name of organisation: International Organisation of Social Tourism (OITS).

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19-23/09/2010
World Congress of social tourism in Rimini

About 200 delegates originated from 25 different countries have gathered from the 19th to the 23rd of September in Rimini (Italy) to participate in the World Congress of Social Tourism organized by th...
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