Tourism

We promote alternative, sustainable cultural tourism within historic houses in Europe as a way of reducing tourism overflow in some European cities.

This is a subject that we have been focusing on in the last couple of years, notably by promoting networks of historic houses and developing thematic cultural routes.

Virtuous fiscal environment

We are promoting the idea of a virtuous fiscal environment for historic houses, notably by supporting reduced VAT rates on preservation and renovation works in historic houses. We believe that:

• Attractive tax policies would encourage owners to carry out renovation works, including relating to energy efficiency regulations
• Preventive works are more cost-effective in the long term than post-damage reconstructions
• Such works would stimulate the employment of local, skilled craftsmen
• Attractive tax policies would be an alternative to subsidised grants
• We also promote virtuous fiscal and regulatory frameworks relating to the operations of SMEs as part of a historic house’ business model.