Evaluation of the Tourism Promotion Guidelines of the Federal Ministry for Sustainability and Tourism for 2014-2020

The Austrian Hotel and Tourism Bank is responsible for managing grants and subsidised loans provided to companies active in the tourism and leisure industry with the aim of increasing their international competitiveness. The project's objective is to evaluate the effectiveness of the programme but also verify if the guidelines under which the Austrian Hotel and Tourism Bank operates in the period 2014 to 2020 seem appropriate to achieve the programme's goals. Furthermore, the results of the evaluation should be used to derive recommentations for the design of new guidlines to be applied for the upcoming funding period 2021-2027.