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On 18 April, the State Secretary of Economic Affairs and Climate presented the Evaluation NBTC 2016-2018, conducted by Dialogic, to the Dutch House of Representatives. The evaluation extensively discusses the legitimacy, effectiveness, and efficiency of the subsidy granted by the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate to NBTC.
Based on the evaluation, a set of 10 recommendations has been formulated. One recommendation suggests reconsidering the narrow objective of stimulating inbound tourism and preferably adopting a broader welfare-theoretical perspective. It is also advised to approach the tourism/hospitality sector earlier as a means to contribute to a wider societal challenge (such as improving livability, mobility, cultural experience) in addition to promoting a better distribution of inbound tourism. Furthermore, the recommendation is made to explicitly clarify the functions attributed by the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate to NBTC and to better define for which functions NBTC is responsible in the long term and for which functions NBTC is the central facility. The Ministry could be clearer in defining the objectives it sets for NBTC and the functions for which NBTC is expected to use the allocated subsidies.
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