In Europe, there are increasing demands to re-open the internal borders between the EU countries. One of the first “swallows” will be Germany and Austria reached an agreement on opening joint border since June 15.
the pandemic on travel bans, standing on the funny planes, closed borders – all detrimental effect on the health of the European travel industry, which ensures a minimum of 27 million jobs.
the European Commissioner for economic Paolo Gentiloni predicts that in 2020, the tourism industry of Europe will lose 40% of their income.
And the longer the current situation continues, the stronger will be the damage to the national economies of European countries, many of which is the revenue from tourism to a great extent for their well-being.
the European countries will be encouraged to gradually open the borders for countries with the same risk characteristics of coronavirus, reports the Guardian.
According to the leaked Brussels draft document, the European Commission aims to ensure that restrictions on travel were filmed first filmed in areas with a comparable epidemiological situation and where there are enough opportunities from the point of view of hospitals, testing, surveillance and contact tracing.
In the EU institutions ‘ growing concern about the creation of the so-called “travel corridors”, under which member States of the European Union concluded bilateral agreements among themselves, to open up the possibility of travel for tourists.
However, it seems that Brussels is ready to take such arrangements into practice, writes The Guardian. European officials are trying to save the tourist industry, which accounts for 10% of economic output in the EU.
Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz announced last week that in an effort to protect the national tourism industry intends to open its borders to immigrants from “safe” countries, such as Germany and the Czech Republic.
the opening of borders between themselves from may 15 was previously reported three Baltic republics – Estonia, Lithuania and Latvia.
“We demonstrated a good example, very clearly stating that only those countries that successfully coped with the situation, unable to reveal himself,” said Lithuanian Prime Minister Saulius Svirnelis.
Given the role of tourism in national economy of Greece, it is easy to imagine how impatiently in Athens waiting to reopen the border for tourists. The Greeks hope that by 1 July the country will open its doors to tourists.
In Greece offer to be tested for Covid-19 three days before check-out.
In case if we fail to make progress at European level on the issue of opening of borders, Athens announced measures, catwho will allow the air entering into “bilateral agreements” with other countries.
“Travel corridors” with Greece and with Bulgaria and other Balkan States have already started discussing Germany, Austria, Israel and Cyprus.
European Officials acknowledge that they can not prevent governments entering into such bilateral or trilateral agreement but oppose the selective approach.
“member States cannot open its borders to citizens of one EU country, but not others. This is very important, ” – said the European Commissioner for home Affairs Ilva Johansson.
Boris Johnson and Emmanuel macron separately agreed to work on “the relevant border measures”. The representative of the British government neither confirmed nor refuted in The Sun a message saying that the two leaders plan to create a corridor for travel in the summer which will allow British tourists to visit France (and Vice versa, French – Britain).
it was Reported that the British government freed the travelers from France, need to undergo 14-day quarantine, which will be applied to the majority of the guests from abroad.
the European Commission Representative welcomed “all measures that bring us back to normal life”, but urged the British government to apply the same rules to other EU countries where the virus is at the same level of supervision as in France.
the Quarantine restrictions for visitors are also determined by national governments and Executive power of the EU applies a similar approach, demanding equal treatment for countries with similar level of infection. “We also expect that member States, which follow certain steps about this quarantine will apply the same rules in other member States, if they have a similar epidemiological situation”, – said the representative of the European Commission.
