WTTC calls for Europe to avoid uneven patchwork of COVID-19 national border restrictions

23 July, 2020

World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) called (22-Jul-2020) for more consistent COVID-19 travel rules to be adopted by European countries to counter confusion by travellers and holidaymakers who faced a baffling array of different types of travel rules advice. The organisation is concerned that the uneven patchwork of COVID-19 national border restrictions will deter travellers and suppress the resurgence of the travel and tourism sector. However, learning from response to past pandemic outbreaks, governments could avoid delaying the much needed economic recovery. WTTC warned that unless European governments make a greater effort to align their policies it will cause the fragile recovery to stutter and slowdown, putting 16 million jobs in travel and tourism at risk. [more - original PR]