WTTC president and chief executive Julia Simpson said moves by the likes of the UK, US, Japan, India and several major EU member states to reintroduce pre-departure testing for arrivals from China were "a step backwards" for the global travel and tourism sector.
The restrictions come despite missives to the contrary from the World Health Organization and the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC), with both organisations highlighting the failure of travel curbs to guard against the virus mutating and the import of new variants.
