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Towards a sustainable regional infrastructure for tourism skills intelligence Transferability was embedded in the design of the TOUR-X Skills WatchTower from the outset. The objective was not only to create a mechanism capable of responding to the immediate analytical needs of the TOUR-X regions, but also to develop an approach that could be adapted by […]

Transforming multiple evidence streams into actionable tourism skills intelligence The analytical concept underlying the TOUR-X Skills WatchTower is based on the principle that no single source of information is sufficient to explain the evolution of tourism-sector skills needs. Employer surveys provide direct insight into current operational challenges, while labour-market statistics and sectoral research offer a

A combined European and regional approach to methodological quality assurance The validation of the WatchTower survey constituted a central element of the methodological development process. A skills-monitoring instrument can only generate meaningful intelligence if the concepts, terminology and response categories used in the questionnaire correspond to the operational realities of the organisations expected to use

From research evidence to a repeatable regional skills-anticipation mechanism The methodological development of the TOUR-X Skills WatchTower was structured around the objective of creating a transferable and repeatable mechanism for identifying current and emerging skills needs in the tourism sector. Rather than treating skills anticipation as a one-off forecasting exercise, the WatchTower was designed to

From fragmented skills intelligence to a structured tourism skills-monitoring framework The development of the TOUR-X Skills WatchTower began from the recognition that tourism skills intelligence is frequently dispersed across policy documents, labour-market analyses, regional studies, academic research and sector-specific reports. Although these sources provide valuable insights into structural trends affecting employment and competence development, they