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Major destinations adopt WTTC hygiene stamp

Destinations
Tom Parry
8 June 2020

A host of major tourism destinations have signed up to use the World Travel & Tourism Council’s safety and hygiene stamp – the first mark of its kind to be used globally.

Hygiene will be 'paramount' to post-Covid travellers, the report says (Credit: Kelly Sikkema/Unsplash)

Among the countries to have adopted the Safe Travels stamp are Portugal, Bulgaria, Turkey, Jamaica and Mauritius with city hotspots including Barcelona, Cancun and Madrid also using it.

WTTC first launched its Safe Travels protocols a fortnight ago, issuing “consistency and guidance” to travel firms and tourism groups around health, hygiene, deep cleansing and social distancing.

The measures were devised based on guidelines from the World Health Organisation and the Centre for Disease Control and Prevention.