Breton: EU to impose requirements for safe reopening of tourism 1 minute read
Lisbon, May 14 (EFE).- The European Union will establish compulsory requirements to ensure a safe reopening of the bloc’s tourism sector this summer, said European Commissioner for Internal Market Thierry Breton on Friday.
Speaking at the High Level Forum for Sustainable Tourism, organized by the Portuguese rotating EU presidency in Porto, Breton said the recovery will take time, but expects to conclude negotiations to issue a Digital Green Certificate by the end of May.
“Member states need to have sufficient capacities in terms of hospitals, testing, surveillance, contact tracing, and so on,” he said ahead of the summit.
Irish carrier Ryanair has called on its home country’s government to drop 14-day quarantine requirements for inbound travellers from the UK and the European Union.
Speaking to Dermot and Dave on Today FM, Varadkar said that, for holidays abroad to make a return, vaccine passports will most likely have to be incorporated.
He added that Ireland will be using the European Green Certificates, which he noted should be operational by July.
Now, Minister Byrne has said that he is optimistic international travel will return soon, as the EU prepares to pilot its Green Cert across June. The Digital Green Certificate will be either a QR code on your phone or a piece of paper, and we will actually have three certificates, one will be a vaccination certificate, there will also be a negative test certificate and a Covid recovery certificate and the idea is that it will facilitate and open up travel throughout the European Union when it is safe to do so, he said on Ireland AM on Thursday.
Greece’s Tourism Season Boosted as Germany Abolishes Quarantine
” width=”696″>Tourists in front of one of the largest attractions in Athens, the Parthenon. Credit: Poudou99/Wikimedia Commons/CC BY 4.0
Germans who visit Greece this summer will not be required to quarantine upon their return to Germany, according to a cabinet decision on Wednesday.
As long as travelers abide by some coronavirus regulations as set out by the German government, they will not be required to quarantine when they come back from Greece – unlike in the UK, where British tourists will still have to quarantine upon arrival back home.
Germany drops quarantine for almost 100 countries
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The Government is considering an extended wage support scheme specifically for aviation amid fears of further job losses in the sector, according to a senior official in the Department of Transport.
Assistant Secretary Fintan Towey made his comments addressing the Fórsa Services and Enterprises conference this morning.
Mr Towey also said that there was a recognition across Government of the need to provide clarity on any lifting of travel restrictions before the end of May.
A possible announcement in relation to this is expected in the coming week or two , he said.
Mr Towey told delegates it was now evident that recovery in the aviation sector was going to lag behind the rest of the economy and that this would necessitate some adjustment in employment levels .