According to Visit England travelling to the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein will change from 1 January 2021. Things you may need to do before you go include: check your passport get travel insurance that covers your healthcare check you have the right driving documents organise pet travel – contact your vet at least 4 […]
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Despite agreeing at EU Council level to a scientific-based approach and endorsing their own “white list” recommendation just one week ago, EU States are adopting extremely diverging lists. As a result, there is very little clarity and significant uncertainty on which citizens can travel where. This has effectively led to a patchwork system of travel restrictions and […]
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Greece is ready once again to welcome the world according to the new announcement of the Greek Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Here is how: 15 June to 30 June Aligned with European Commission communication with regard to the ban of non-essential travel from non-EU+ countries. EU+ consists of the European Union, Switzerland, Norway, Lichtenstein and Iceland. […]
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The European Tourism Manifesto alliance, the voice of the European travel and tourism sector, has issued a statement on the European Commission’s guidance on how to safely resume travel and reboot Europe’s tourism in 2020 and beyond. European travel and tourism is one of the ecosystems most affected by the coronavirus crisis. The European Tourism […]
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UNWTO’s Secretary-General Zurab Pololikashvili is appealing a message for the meaning of Tourism for those that work on the sector and implores the Governments to take the necessary measures. The message goes as follows: “For many millions of people around the world, tourism is so much more than a leisure activity. Our sector gives them the chance […]
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SETE has written a letter to the EU according to the Tourism recovery as part for EU’s economic recovery which is addressed at Thierry Breton, European Commissioner of Internal Market, President of EC Tourism Committee and communicated to Margaritis Schinas, Vice-President of the European Commission, Paolo Gentiloni, Commissioner for Economy, Ylva Johanson, Commissioner for Home Affairs, Elisa Ferreira, Commissioner […]
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As the weeks pass and the British Government isn’t making any decision on refunds, ABTA steps in and issues new guidance. International travel has been brought to a complete standstill by government measures to contain the Covid-19 pandemic and this has led to hundreds of thousands of holidays being affected. Customers are strongly encouraged to […]
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A major new report by WTTC has revealed Travel & Tourism’s crucial contribution to help re-energise the EU’s economic recovery once the COVID-19 pandemic has been successfully combatted. The publication by the World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC), which represents the global Travel & Tourism private sector, of its annual Economic Impact Report (EIR), shows […]
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The European Commission has approved a €1.2 billion Greek aid scheme to support the Greek economy in the context of the coronavirus outbreak. The scheme was approved under the State aid Temporary Framework adopted by the Commission on 19 March 2020, as amended on 3 April 2020. Executive Vice-President Margrethe Vestager, in charge of competition policy, said: “Small and […]
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As Europe’s economies have come to a stand-still over the past weeks, so has the European airport network. Restrictions to travel and lockdowns imposed by governments as well as airlines grounding most of their fleet have resulted in passenger traffic at Europe’s airports falling off a cliff. 106 million passengers lost in March alone Passenger […]
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