China Overseas Network June 29 electricity

problem: opened its doors!

Is Europe's retaliatory tourism boom coming?

　　With the gradual improvement of the epidemic situation in Europe, various countries have released policies to stimulate the tourism industry at the same time as they unblocked them.

　　Many people trapped at home due to the epidemic said that their desire to take a vacation has long been unable to hold back!

　　Some Chinese-language media said that Europe may see a retaliatory tourism boom...

Germany

　　According to a survey recently released by the German Bavaria Tourism Office, about 40% of Germans said that they must travel on vacation this year anyway.

Another 30% of the respondents held a wait-and-see attitude towards traveling in the second half of the year.

　　According to Bavarian Radio News, from July 1st, the federal government will cancel travel warnings for epidemic-risk areas and cancel general recommendations to discourage people from traveling abroad as much as possible.

　　This means that Germany has once again opened its doors to nearly 100 countries around the world, including neighboring countries such as France, the Netherlands and Denmark.

　　Markus Babel from Munich's Hapag Lloyd travel agency said that hotel rooms in August have been booked out, even though the current hotel accommodation and airfare prices are much higher than before the epidemic.

Spain

　　Spain is a famous tourist destination in Europe. As the weather continues to warm up, Spain has also ushered in the tourist season.

　　On June 7, Spain opened entry to travelers from all over the world who had been vaccinated against the new crown, hoping that the tourist crowd would return.

　　In order to attract Asian tourists, citizens of countries such as China, Japan, South Korea, Thailand and Singapore can enter the country without a negative test certificate.

　　In addition, Spain is expected to increase about 10 flights between China and Spain in order to attract Chinese tourists to travel to Spain and provide more convenience for Chinese tourists to travel to Spain.

　　According to Agence France-Presse, Spanish Minister of Health Darias insisted that "Spain is a safe destination."

Italy

　　According to a survey conducted by a research institute in Italy, from June to September, 12.3 million tourists from France, Germany, Britain, Spain, and the United States will enter Italy, and the number of overnight stays will exceed 25 million, an increase of 15.3% year-on-year.

　　Italian Tourism Minister Garavaglia said that after experiencing the 2020 epidemic, the increase in the number of foreign tourists by nearly 30% is a positive sign, but the increase in overnight accommodation is not obvious.

　　According to the survey, the five regions of Italy, Trentino-Alto Adige, Tuscany, Sicily, Puglia, and Lombardy, are currently the most popular.

At the same time, more than half of the people tend to stay in hotels or resorts.

　　In order to attract tourists, the small town of San Maurola in the province of Salerno launched a "2 Euro Accommodation" program.

Tourists from all over the world can book a double room in the hotel next to the central square of the town at a price of 2 euros per night through the town government website. Each person can book a maximum of 7 nights, valid from June 26 to October 2.

　　In addition, Sardinia, with its azure beaches, was also unblocked on June 1, announcing that it was completely open to tourists.

Greece

　　Greece is also looking forward to the recovery of the tourism industry.

Greece has successively opened museums, beaches and other tourist attractions since June, and ended the six-month-long blockade of the epidemic.

　　Starting in mid-May, Greece allows foreign tourists who are vaccinated with the new crown pneumonia vaccine or have a negative nucleic acid test to enter the country.

　　The latest entry regulations announced by the Greek Civil Aviation Authority show that citizens of the European Union, Schengen Area countries and 21 countries including China can enter Greece.

All passengers arriving in Greece are required to hold a certificate of vaccination against the new crown pneumonia, a certificate of negative nucleic acid test within 72 hours before arrival, or a certificate of recovery from the new crown pneumonia infection, and will undergo random new crown virus testing at the airport.

　　Tourism is a pillar industry in Greece, accounting for more than 20% of GDP.

Affected by the new crown pneumonia epidemic, Greece's tourism revenue in 2020 is only 4 billion euros, less than a quarter of 2019, and the number of tourists has fallen by nearly 80% year-on-year.

France

　　According to Agence France-Presse, affected by the epidemic prevention policies of Europe and France, there will not be too many international tourists going to France for vacation this summer.

　　The person in charge of a travel consulting agency believes that French tourists this summer "mainly come from Europe." He pointed out that France has received many bookings from Spain and Italy.

The bookings of German and British travelers are much late.

　　France hopes that domestic tourists can fill the gap of international passengers.

According to the person in charge of the consulting agency, 38 million French people will go on vacation from July to August this year, of which 35 million will spend on accommodation, an increase of 2 million over the same period in 2020.

　　As the epidemic situation continues to slow down, boosting the tourism industry has become a priority for many European countries. Many tourists will choose to travel at this time after being trapped by the epidemic for more than a year. Will you travel to Europe?