European tourism body warns industry won’t fully recover until 2024 despite summer travel optimism

  • Date: 06-May-2021
  • Source: The National
  • Sector:Tourism
  • Country:Middle East
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European tourism body warns industry won’t fully recover until 2024 despite summer travel optimism

European tourism chiefs voiced optimism over the prospects of resuming travel this summer but warned that the industry would not fully recover from the pandemic until 2024.

In a report summarising the situation as “not great, not terrible”, the European Travel Commission said vaccinations and the EU’s plans for a digital health pass would help to fulfil “pent-up demand” for foreign holidays.

Britain is poised to unveil its traffic-light system to resume international travel from May 17, while Italian premier Mario Draghi said this week that “the time has come to book your holidays in Italy”.