WTTC Welcomes Launch of EU Digital COVID-19 Vaccination Passport

• 7 July, 21

EU Digital COVID-19 Certificate will boost customer confidence and broaden the travel and tourism sector across Europe, World Travel and Tourism (WTTC) believes.

According to WTTC’s Senior Vice President, Virginia Messina, this document should help return safe international travel, recover lost jobs and gradually revive the tourism sector, which will be critical for the economic recovery across the world.

Messina also called on the EU Commission and institutions to quickly adopt the document and noted that the EU Member States should align their approach by harmonising policies in order to avoid fragmentation and confusion for travellers, who need a simple guideline of rules and regulations to ease travelling during this difficult time.

“The devastating impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the global Travel & Tourism sector has wiped out millions of jobs and seen its contribution to GDP plummet. The lives of the millions of people who rely on the sector have also been turned upside down by the pandemic, causing huge stress and concern,” Messina stated.

She also said that WTTC is optimistic that the new EU Digital COVID-19 Vaccination Passport will be a leap of faith to safely reopen a critical sector for millions of people’s jobs, livelihoods and countries’ economies.

Cre:schengeninfo