The renaissance of tourism is underway around the world, according to a new report by the United Nations World Tourism Organization (WTO), which shows that 87 of the 217 tourist destinations have eased restrictions similar to foreign tourism – covid-19.
According to the UN firm’s most recent research that has been tracking global responses to the pandemic since the start of the crisis, 40% of all destinations in the world now have restrictive measures, while 118 have kept borders closed.
His new perspective published on Thursday and covering the global stage until July 19 “confirms the trend towards a slow but continuous adaptation and a guilty resumption of foreign tourism.”
“At the same time, however, of the 87 destinations that now have easy restrictions, only 4 have removed all restrictions, while 83 have eased them while maintaining some measures, such as the partial closure of existing borders,” the firm reports. Training
The 4 countries that have lifted restrictions on foreign tourism are Albania, Maldives, Serbia and Tanzania.
The latest edition of the UNWTO Restrictions Report also shows that 115 destinations, 53% of all destinations in the world, continue to keep their borders absolutely closed to tourism.
Here you will find a comprehensive review of the destinations, ranging from those who relaxed or removed restrictions on foreign tourism to those whose borders remain closed.
According to the UNWTO report, more happy tourism destinations are likely to ease restrictions: out of the 87 that have recently eased restrictions, 20 are small emerging island states (SIDS), many of which have tourism as a central pillar of employment, economic expansion and development.
The report also notes that approximately one (41) of all destinations that have eased restrictions are in Europe, confirming the region’s leading role in the launch of tourism.
Six months have passed since 31 January 2020, WHO declared COVID-19’s public fitness emergency of foreign concern, in an unprecedented global blockade, adding the detention of foreign tourism.
“Since July 19, 2020, an increasing number of destinations have begun to ease restrictions on foreign tourism, adding the lifting of the entire border closure. However, destinations around the world continue to have other types of COVID-19-related restrictions in position that are constantly adjusting to the evolution of the pandemic,” unMTO reports.
115 destinations (53% of all destinations in the world) borders absolutely closed to foreign tourism;
87 destinations (40%) COVID-19 measures for foreign tourism, in particular the partial closure of borders;
41 of these destinations are in Europe, adding up the 26 Schengen Member States;
20 are small island states;
20 destinations are in the Americas; 15 are small island states;
13 in Africa;
10 destinations in Asia-Pacific, four SIDS;
3 in the Middle East.
Of the 115 countries that have closed their borders to foreign tourism, the majority (88) have been for more than 12 weeks, 37 are in Africa (70% of all destinations in Africa), 29 in Asia and the Pacific (63% of all destinations in Asia), 28 in the Americas (55% of all destinations in the Americas), 11 in Europe (20% of all destinations in Europe) Matrix 10 in the Middle East (77% of all destinations in the Americas), 11 in Europe (20% of all destinations in Europe) Matrix 10 in the Middle East (77% of all destinations in the Americas), Middle East).
“The resumption of tourism can be carried out responsibly and in a way that preserves the public’s fitness while supporting businesses and livelihoods,” said UNWTO Secretary General Zurab Pololikashvili. “While destinations continue to ease travel restrictions, foreign cooperation is of paramount importance. In this way, global tourism can get people to accept the same and what is true, which is essential, since we paint in combination to adapt to the new truth that we face.
The charge of travel restrictions in reaction to Covid-19 has old dimensions. Earlier this week, UNWTO published its report on the Global Tourism Barometer on the effect of the pandemic on tourism, either in terms of tourist arrivals and lost revenue.
Data show that by the end of May, the pandemic had resulted in a loss of $320 billion in revenue, 3 times more than the global economic crisis of 2009. The barometer also shows an annual drop of 56% in tourist arrivals between January and May, resulting in a drop of 3 hundred million tourists.
The nearly full blockade imposed in reaction to the pandemic resulted in a 98% drop in the number of foreign tourists in May a year ago.
This large loss in demand can result in a loss of between 850 million and 1.1 billion foreign tourists in 2020, resulting in a loss of $910 billion to $1.2 trillion in tourism export earnings.
As a result, between 120 and 120 million tourism-related jobs are at risk in the midst of a global economic downturn, they estimate little.
Tourism experts expect foreign tourism to continue so far in 2021.
UNWTO also notes symptoms of a slow and cautious replacement trend, basically in the northern hemisphere, that is, after the opening of borders through the Schengen dominance of the euro area on 1 July.
“UNWTO calls for the reopening of tourism responsibly, safely and transparently as restrictions are lifted. Restoring confidence in the sector is crucial.”
I am a freelance journalist from Colombo-Luxembourg, a determined traveller founded on the world’s only Grand Duchy. I’m writing a column on European affairs
I am a freelance journalist from Colombo-Luxembourg, a determined traveller founded on the world’s only Grand Duchy. I am writing a column on European affairs for the editorial page of El Tiempo, Colombia’s leading newspaper. I have been a Newsweek columnist and have written for, among others, the Los Angeles Times, Wall Street Journal, Chicago Tribune and Toronto Globe-Mail.