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26 October 2020
World Travel & Tourism Council chief executive, Gloria Guevara, has said global tourism can recover from the Covid-19 pandemic by early 2022. However, the timeframe will require a great deal more cooperation between governments, she argued.
If the world fails to act to reopen tourism, as many as 100 million jobs could be lost, the WTTC has argued.
26 October 2020
The IATA urges government focus on testing to replace quarantine.
The chief executive of IATA has argued governments should move away from quarantine and toward pre-flight mass testing in the battle to contain Covid-19. Only then could international travel resume, Alexandre de Juniac said.
“We need to work collaboratively, there has to be strong cooperation between the actors – the airlines, hotels, tourist boards and, of course, governments.” Alexandre de Juniac
28 October 2020
Paris Charles de Gaulle has overtaken Heathrow as the busiest airport in Europe for the first time, with Amsterdam Schiphol and Frankfurt close behind.
All three European airports have implemented testing regimes
28 October 2020
According to the newest UNWTO World Tourism Barometer, international arrivals plunged 81 per cent in July and 79 per cent in August. The summer months are traditionally the two busiest of the year and mark the peak of the northern hemisphere tourism season.
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