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PAGE SPAIN: Eco-Tourism Club Location • Spain Manager • TUREBE • non-profit association Motivation • Utilising immense potential of Spain’s diverse nature to develop sustainable tourism products and support rural development Support • Innovative Business Groups Program of the Ministry of Industry, Energy and Tourism (MINETUR): initial funding • Global Nature Foundation • Currently self-sufficient: membership fees, services, subsidies, etc. Stakeholders • Tourism companies • Business associations • Managers of protected areas • Universities • Foundations • Public administration offices • Technological innovation companies Description • TUREBE non-profit association providing innovative and sustainable solutions to tourism stakeholders in protected natural areas • Managing body of the Ecotourism Club in Spain • Registered as an Innovative Tourism Business Association (ITBA) • Active since 2010 • Connecting twenty-seven partners, who share a common approach to promote sustainable ecotourism in protected areas • Covering eleven protected natural areas in eight regions: Andalusia, Aragón, Asturias, Canarias, Castilla-La Mancha, Castilla y León, Catalonia, and Extremadura • Encompassing more than 800 tourism companies, 9,000 accommodation places, 200 restaurants and 100 activity companies Sustainability • Conserving natural areas and raising awareness about their importance

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