The UK has suffered more economically than its European neighbours during the Covid-19 pandemic due to its “constantly changing policies and blanket quarantines”.
Exonerated: Former WTTC chief executive Gloria Guevara (Credit: WTTC)
Research from Oxford Economics forecasts that the UK saw a 10% drop in GDP in 2020 compared to a 5.3% reduction in Germany.
The World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) argued that a “significant factor” in the UK performing worse than Germany and other neighbours had been due to its constantly changing “restrictions to travel and mobility”.
Whereas Germany had been “more consistent” with its travel and Covid testing policies during the pandemic.
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