The London-based World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) is calling upon governments to introduce comprehensive testing at airport to combat COVID-19.
Gloria Guevara, WTTC chief executive called for governments around the world to begin a substantial programme of investment to ensure comprehensive testing facilities are implemented at airports, which will help prevent the spread of Covid-19 and see the return of safe travels.
“It is imperative that all airports, catering for international travel, implement globally recognised testing standards for both inbound and outbound passengers. This will provide reassurance to all travellers, maintain ‘air corridors’ between countries, and remove damage and disruption caused by blunt quarantines which massively impact the recovery of the Travel & Tourism sector,” she said.
Guevara criticised the UK government’s decision s to remove Spain from the UK travel corridors exception list, saying that risked causing “irreparable damage” to the Travel and Tourism sector.
“It also makes no sense; while Spain as a whole, and Catalonia in particular, has a higher rate of coronavirus cases than then UK, the rate in Andalucía, the Balearics and Canaries is actually lower than the UK,” she said.
