{"id":530459,"date":"2021-05-20T17:06:15","date_gmt":"2021-05-20T21:06:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=530459"},"modified":"2021-05-20T17:06:17","modified_gmt":"2021-05-20T21:06:17","slug":"european-union-to-ease-restrictions-for-foreign-tourists-this-summer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/european-union-to-ease-restrictions-for-foreign-tourists-this-summer\/","title":{"rendered":"European Union To Ease Restrictions For Foreign Tourists This Summer"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Feuropean-union-to-ease-restrictions-for-foreign-tourists-this-summer%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=530459&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/44A92660-16B3-4733-B9AA-074BC4F6E8D7_1_201_a.jpeg?w=1200&amp;h=800&amp;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"p1\">European countries are planning to ease restrictions for foreign tourists this summer, according to a new development decided on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Bloomberg <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2021-05-19\/europe-opens-door-to-vaccinated-americans-with-new-travel-rules\"><span class=\"s1\">reported<\/span><\/a>, \u201cAmbassadors from the EU\u2019s 27 member states&nbsp;<span class=\"s1\">backed a proposal<\/span>&nbsp;to waive quarantine for those with coronavirus inoculations approved by its drug regulator, including shots from&nbsp;<span class=\"s1\">Pfizer Inc.<\/span>,&nbsp;<span class=\"s1\">Moderna<\/span><span class=\"s1\"> Inc.<\/span>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<span class=\"s1\">Johnson &amp; Johnson<\/span>. The approval could be finalized this week and implemented soon after.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">The outlet reported that two officials familiar with the situation said that travelers who are not vaccinated can also travel without quarantining if they are coming from countries that have control over COVID-19, which reportedly means a 14-day new-case rate of less than 75 per 100,000.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">NBC News <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/news\/world\/european-union-set-allow-u-s-travelers-covid-restrictions-lift-n1267913\"><span class=\"s1\">reported<\/span><\/a> that until now, the list of safe countries was only made up of&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.consilium.europa.eu\/en\/press\/press-releases\/2021\/05\/06\/travel-restrictions-council-adds-israel-to-the-list-of-countries-for-which-member-states-should-gradually-lift-restrictions-on-non-essential-travel\/?utm_source=dsms-auto&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=Travel+restrictions%3a+Council+adds+Israel+to+the+list+of+countries+for+which+member+states+should+gradually+lift+restrictions+on+non-essential+travel\"><span class=\"s2\">seven nations<\/span><\/a>&nbsp;\u2014 Australia, Israel, New Zealand, Rwanda, Singapore, South Korea, and Thailand.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">The member states in the bloc can still decide which restrictions on travel to ease and the timeline on which to do so. An \u201cemergency brake\u201d strategy was also suggested in order to permit the member countries to temporarily slow down all travel from countries with&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/health\/health-news\/covid-variant-india-how-contagious-new-variant-n1267619\"><span class=\"s2\">coronavirus variants<\/span><\/a>&nbsp;of concern, spokesperson for the European Commission, Christian Wigand, said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">The move comes as countries begin to reopen for summer travel and certain tourist-heavy nations anticipate an increase in economic activity in the warmer months. It is also expected to give the airline industry a bump as tourists make summer plans after a year of lockdowns and restrictions.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">The European Travel Commission <a href=\"https:\/\/\/Users\/charlottepence-bond\/Downloads\/Press-release_ETC-Q4-Report-2020_fin.pdf\"><span class=\"s1\">reported<\/span><\/a> that 2020 was the worst year for international arrivals to Europe in over 30 years. The report showed, \u201cAll reporting European destinations record declines in arrivals between 51%-85%, 1 in 3 declining between 70%-79%,\u201d and \u201c92% of business travellers expect their company to experience negative outcomes due to travel restrictions.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">The New York Times <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/article\/travel-to-europe.html\"><span class=\"s1\">released<\/span><\/a> a detailed examination into six of the most popular destinations on the continent for tourists. In France, President Emmanuel Macron has announced that, starting on June 9, visitors arriving from outside of Europe will be permitted to come into the country if they have a pass sanitaire (health pass), details of which have not yet been announced.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Visitors from the U.S. and other non-European nations that are deemed low risk (Japan, Canada, Australia, and Singapore) can reportedly travel to Italy, but need to provide both a coronavirus test and go through a 10-day-quarantine. \u201cAmericans avoid the quarantine if they take special \u2018Covid-tested flights\u2019&nbsp;that require taking a test both before and after the flight, and submitting an&nbsp;E.U. digital passenger locator form,\u201d per the outlet.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Greece, one of the E.U. member states,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/nightly-news\/video\/greece-reopens-tourism-to-americans-111987781619\"><span class=\"s2\">welcomed back foreign visitors<\/span><\/a>&nbsp;last week \u2014 including American travelers \u2014 without the requirement to quarantine if they are fully&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/health\/health-news\/map-covid-19-vaccination-tracker-across-u-s-n1252085\"><span class=\"s2\">vaccinated<\/span><\/a>&nbsp;or provide a negative COVID-19 test.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">The European Union is also reportedly developing a \u201cDigital Green Certificate.\u201d The official website of the E.U. explained that the certificate \u201cwill be a proof that a person has been vaccinated against COVID-19, has received a negative test result or has recovered from COVID-19 that can be used across all EU Member States. It can also be introduced in Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway as well as Switzerland. The Digital Green Certificate will also be open to initiatives being developed globally.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><i><span>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a<\/span><\/i> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><span><i>member<\/i><\/span><\/a><span>.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>European countries are planning to ease restrictions for foreign tourists this summer, according to a new development decided on Wednesday.Bloomberg reported, \u201cAmbassadors from the EU\u2019s 27 member states\u00a0backed a proposal\u00a0to &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2312514,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/44A92660-16B3-4733-B9AA-074BC4F6E8D7_1_201_a.jpeg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"European Union To Ease Restrictions For Foreign Tourists This Summer","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-530459","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/44A92660-16B3-4733-B9AA-074BC4F6E8D7_1_201_a.jpeg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"European Union To Ease Restrictions For Foreign Tourists This Summer","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/530459","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=530459"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/530459\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2312514"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=530459"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=530459"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=530459"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}