Ministers from across the 27 member states held their second video conference in less than a month to discuss the best ways to restart Europe’s vital tourism sector.
The ministers agreed there should be a “gradual, step-by-step approach” in restarting tourism in the wake of the Covid-19 crisis, coupled with close co-ordination with the EU and a commitment to ensure all decisions are based on “sound epidemiological data”.
Gari Cappelli, Croatia’s minister of tourism, said: “Tourism is one of the key sectors of the European economy. It is unfortunately also one of the sectors hit the hardest by the Covid-19 crisis.
EU tourism ministers aim for 'quick and full recovery' of tourism
Destinations
Rob Gill
21 May 2020
European tourism ministers have vowed to do “all it takes” for a quick recovery of the continent’s tourism industry this summer.
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