The tourism sector, that employs 22 million people in Europe, is on the verge of collapse due to the coronavirus pandemic, the European Parliament’s Transport and Tourism Committee warned Wednesday. The warning was issued after a meeting of the Committee in Brussels today with European travel and tourism stakeholders to take stock of the dire situation facing the tourism sector and to discuss ways to overcome this unprecedented crisis.
“This is no small threat: depending on the country, tourism accounts from 4.3 percent to 25 percent of the GDP. As things stand, hundreds of thousands of SMEs will not survive until the end of this year,” said the participants in a joint statement after the meeting. “More than six months have passed in this emergency situation, yet there are still no common criteria in the EU on how to handle and live with this pandemic,” it lamented.
“Even when traveling is partially possible, the wide array of rules make it extremely difficult. People are confused and have no guarantees that their planned trips can and will go ahead,” it noted.
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