Forty percent of all destinations in the world have now eased past restrictions to involve the spread of the coronavirus pandemic, while a “slow and responsible” restart of the foreign tourism sector is underway, the World Tourism Organization said in a new report. .
The UN tourism industry firm said its most recent outlook based on knowledge on 19 July was “compared to 22% of destinations that had eased restrictions on 15 June and 3% observed last 15 May.”
The report says 87 global destinations have eased restrictions. Of these 4 countries, only 4 have removed all restrictions and 83 have maintained safe measures, such as partial border closure. Meanwhile, 115 destinations “continue to keep their borders absolutely closed to tourism.”
Destinations are subject to restrictions for foreign tourism from 19 July 2020, according to UNWTO. (Screenshot / www.unwto.org)