Warning comes on day of launch of Europe’s EU Digital Covid Certificate, designed to reopen travel on the continent
Ministers have mooted plans to allow quarantine-free travel to amber-list countries for people in England who have been fully vaccinated.
The UK will lose a staggering £639 million a day during July if international travel remains off limits, according to an open letter to the UK Prime Minister, from the World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC).
'These drastic measures will continue to cause untold damage to a sector that creates more than 1.6m jobs, and in 2019 contributed CAD $143.9BN to the country’s economy. The sector will be key to Canada’s economic recovery once the pandemic has been combatted.'
Economic Improvement, Higher Demand, and Constrained Capacity Projected To Drive Airfare and Hotel Rate Increases - Companies Who Competitively Manage Budgets and Traveler Behavior Have Opportunity to Insulate from High-End Increases