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Tourism in EU dropped more than 50% last year

Nikola Kiš by Nikola Kiš
15 March 2021
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Tourism in EU dropped more than 50% last year

Coronavirus outbreak, empty check-in desks at the airport terminal due to pandemic of coronavirus and airlines suspended flights.

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Brussels (Brussels Morning) According to Eurostat records released on Monday, tourism in the EU measured in the number of overnight stays dropped roughly 52% annually last year, RFI reports.

The steep decline came largely because of restrictions imposed to control the coronavirus pandemic, including travel bans and lockdowns.

“Tourism was among the sectors most affected by the COVID-19 pandemic,” Eurostat pointed out, noting that the recorded annual decline of 52% is unprecedented.

Mediterranean EU member states were the worst hit, with the summer destinations of Cyprus, Greece and Malta posting annual declines of about 70%.

In contrast, the decline in the northern EU member states of Denmark and the Netherlands stood at approximately 35%.

Decade-long growth reversed 

The report notes 1.4 billion overnight stays in tourist accommodation last year, down from almost 3 billion the year before. This also marked a reversal of the positive growth trends that have been a feature of the past decade.

The number of overnight stays by foreign tourists dropped 68% across the bloc in 2020, while the decline for domestic tourists stood at 38% of the annual level.

Several EU member states that are dependent on tourism have been supporting the plan to introduce “vaccine passports”, in hopes that such a move would pave the way for a 2021 summer tourist season.

This is one of the proposed remedial measures bloc leaders are to discuss when they meet at the summit slated for next week. The European Commission is pushing for a digital vaccine passport dubbed the “green pass”, to show whether the bearer has recovered from COVID-19, been fully vaccinated, or shown negative test results.

EC President Ursula von der Leyen said she hoped introduction of a vaccine passport would help ease travel within the bloc.

What remains unclear is whether or when the passport will be of use, given the slow progress of the EU’s vaccination campaign and rising numbers of new cases now evident in some member states.

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