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The Observatory on Tourism in the European Islands (OTIE) has the principal objective to realize statistic studies and documents of research in order to identify current issues of Tourism in the European Islands.

On the 2^nd February of 2007, the OTIE was successfully founded in Palermo, where the Head Office is located. It’s a non-profit making association, constituted by public institutions, Universities, Research Centres and other international organizations of 7 UE insular countries (Italy, Spain, France, Portugal, Greece, Malta e Cypre).

The observatory aims to realize new researches and studies about UE islands, sharing objectives, results and policies with the main governments and local administrations.

OTIE concentrates its activities on the updating of the Databank on Insular Tourism, on the running of the Documentation Centre of the Islands, on the realization of studies and researches, on the organization of forum and seminars, and on the participation to European projects of cooperation and social development.

Thanks to the direct dialogue with the institutions, companies and research centers on tourism OTIE offers to the insular realities a support to devise strategic, operative and marketing plans on tourism because it has a wide network of contacts and a steady updated benchmark on European tourism.
OTIE is a member of the Register of Interest Representatives of the European Commission