How and whether we will travel at all in the upcoming vacation depends primarily on the epidemiological situation and the authorities' arrangements regarding safe movement.
For many European Union countries, tourism is an extremely important branch of the economy, which is why unblocking restrictions on moving around Europe, where it is relatively safe, is one of the most important points in the plan to save the industry. Tourist corridors are the idea.
Brussels is wondering
The tourism sector, which is responsible for around 10% of the EU's GDP, generates over EUR 400 billion a year. 12 percent work in the field of tourism. people employed in the European Union.
Of course, it can be assumed that if Europeans do not go abroad, domestic tourism will increase, but without visits from other countries, the economic losses will be enormous.
The epidemiological situation is slowly improving. There are also countries such as Croatia, the Czech Republic, Greece, Slovenia and Bulgaria, which can be considered relatively safe. At the end of April, EU politicians came up with the idea of opening tourist corridors between the Member States. The Croatian presidency was probably not without significance here.
The rules for opening the borders would be established in cooperation with epidemiologists. However, no particulars were given. The European Commission is to present them. Attention was also drawn to the need to develop uniform guidelines for the reimbursement of travel costs and the reservation of accommodation places that will not be brought into effect as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.
It cannot be ruled out, however, that the very concept of creating such corridors originally came from the Czech tourism industry, which wanted the country's authorities to create special air and road corridors to countries less affected by the pandemic.
One of the ideas was the conclusion by the Czech government of an agreement with Croatia, allowing trips to this country after the coronavirus was tested before the trip. This is what a special air or road corridor to Split or Dubrovnik would serve. Croatia is extremely popular with our neighbors - 800,000 people spent last year's vacation there. Czechs. Perhaps Poles could also benefit from such a solution?
A lawyer who loves traveling. Always with a book on the go. I collect memories of the color, taste and smell of every place I visit.
