WTTC has called upon G20 tourism ministers for Covid-19 recovery

By TIN Media | International Published 3 years ago on 25 April 2020
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MALAYSIA:

To obtain a united and coordinated recovery for the travel and tourism sector out of the Covid-19 crisis, the World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) has called upon G20 tourism ministers to lead and come up with a recovery plan.

The UN body said that only the G20 has “the power to influence and drive forward a coordinated recovery effort needed to preserve the sector”.

The Tourism Ministers meeting, is set to discuss how to combat the crisis crippling the entire travel and tourism sector.

Ahead of the meeting, WTTC has praised the G20 for freezing the debt of the world’s poorest countries as a major step towards enabling them to bolster their health systems, to save lives and combat Covid-19.

In detail, WTTC’s four principles to ensure swift recovery for the travel and tourism sector and the global economy following the end of the Covid-19 outbreak, are:

  • A joint public-private coordinated approach to re-establish effective operations, remove travel barriers and reopen borders. This would ensure the efficient resumption of flights, movement of people and wide-scale travel essential to re-build confidence in travel and tourism.
  • Enhance seamless traveller journey experience, combining the latest technology and protocols to increase health standards.
  • Work with the private sector and health experts to define global standards for the new normal, which is grounded in science and can be easily adopted by businesses of every size across all travel industries globally.
  • Continue providing support to the travel and tourism sector during the recovery phase, including financial aid for workers and businesses to promote a swift recovery.

Following these four principles will “reduce the recovery timeframe of the global economy and offer reassurance to travellers that the time is right once more to explore and visit”, said WTTC.

The sector also generated US$6.7 trillion to the GDP, or 9 per cent to the total G20 economy, growing by 3.7 per cent from the previous year. The comprehensive report shows this growth outperformed the overall G20 GDP growth in 2019 of 2.6 per cent in the same year.

 


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