The European Union executive will recommend on Wednesday that border restrictions be gradually lifted and travel stalled by the coronavirus pandemic allowed to restart in order to revive tourism, a major industry across the 27-country bloc.
FILE PHOTO: A view shows the empty beach of the Promenade des Anglais in Nice during the outbreak of the coronavirus disease in France, May 7, 2020. REUTERS/Eric Gaillard/File Photo
The executive European Commission will make a slew of non-binding recommendations, including that targeted restrictions replace a general ban on travel, and that internal border checks slowly be lifted as the health situation improves. The Commission estimates some 6.4 million jobs could be lost in tourism, which employed 12 million people before the crisis.
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