The Alliance represents more than 60 public and private organisations, covering the whole spectrum of travel and tourism products and services.
The alliance appreciates that :
The alliance applauds renewed efforts of the European Commission, and the German Presidency of the Council of the European Union, to improve coordination on cross-border travel and restore the integrity of the Schengen area.
The alliance appreciates that :
- Tourism lies at the heart of the European Unions’ eco’ economy and everyday life of its citizens’.
- The sector stimulates economic growth by generating income, employment and investment in Europe, and through its exports to origin markets worldwide.
- It helps to sustain our cultural and natural heritage, provides revenue to fund facilities and infrastructure enjoyed by visitors and residents, and promotes an awareness of a common European identity and citizenship distinguished by its diversity.
In a recent initiative, the European Tourism Manifesto alliance is calling on Member States to urgently agree on harmonised travel restrictions and ensure swift implementation to help the sector survive the Covid 19 crisis.
Proving the importance of tourism recovery as a catalyst for European economic revival, the latest World Travel and Tourism Council research shows that every 2.7% increase in travel flows would generate or bring back one million jobs in the sector.
It also calls on national governments to urgently approve the European Commission’s proposal to:
Proving the importance of tourism recovery as a catalyst for European economic revival, the latest World Travel and Tourism Council research shows that every 2.7% increase in travel flows would generate or bring back one million jobs in the sector.
It also calls on national governments to urgently approve the European Commission’s proposal to:
- establish common criteria and thresholds for determining epidemiological risk, including a common colour coding system to identify risk areas
- implement common measures to put in place upon departure to and return from risk areas
- avoid blanket restrictions to free movement by implementing more targeted measures which are limited in geographical scope
- replace the need for quarantine of travellers with comprehensive cost effective testing and tracing
- avoid imposing travel restrictions on passengers in transit, and
- agree on common rules for requesting pre-travel COVID-19 negative test results where needed
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