Ancient Palace of Knossos, Heraklion, Crete. Photo source: Municipality of Heraklion Heraklion, the capital of the Greek island of Crete, ranks as the EU’s most resilient major city in terms of tickets issued for travel between October 1 to December 31 this year, according to the latest edition of the ECM-ForwardKeys Quarterly Barometer Report. Published […]
Greek Tourism Minister Harry Theoharis, UNWTO Secretary-General Zurab Pololikashvili and European Commission Vice President Margaritis Schinas. Greek Tourism Minister Harry Theoharis met high-level EU officials in Brussels on Tuesday to discuss formulating a common approach to health and safety protocols that will facilitate travel in Europe. “Now is the time, with the new
Photo source: ec.europa.eu The European Council on Tuesday adopted the Commission’s recommendation on a coordinated approach to the restrictions of free movement in response to the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic. The recommendation aims to avoid fragmentation and disruption, and to increase transparency and predictability for citizens and businesses. It applies to all EU
Photo source: WTTC Nine ministers of EU countries, responsible for tourism, are calling for a coherent European response to help the recovery of travel and tourism from the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic and at the same time ensure health security. During an informal (virtual) meeting that took place on Monday, the tourism ministers of Austria, Croatia, […]
Photo source: IATA The International Air Transport Association (IATA) on Tuesday welcomed the proposals of the European Commission to better coordinate and communicate on travel restrictions in the European Union (EU) during the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic. “People want to travel, but the unpredictability in the way that governments are implementing Covid-19 measures
“…We want a clear ‘green, orange, red’ system and not a kaleidoscope of individual measures” – Commissioner for Home Affairs Ylva Johansson The European Commission on Friday adopted a proposal for a council recommendation to ensure that any measures taken by member states that restrict free movement due to the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic are coordinated […]
Photo Source: @European Commission The EU announced today that it had updated its initial list of countries for which member states can gradually begin this week to lift coronavirus (Covid-19) travel restrictions. Re-assessed every two weeks and based on epidemiological data, the list includes the following countries from which travel should be allowed to the EU: […]
Americans and Russians will not be able to visit any EU countries in the coming period, according to a “safe” list announced today in Brussels, the EU’s headquarters. This means that American travelers – 15 million of whom travel to Europe each year – will be turned away and allowed into European countries at a […]
Photo Source: @European Parliament European lawmakers have appealed for additional measures to salvage the Union’s tourism and travel sector as well as the introduction of new crisis management tools that will be able should the need arise to take immediate action. A total of 587 MEPs voted in favor of the resolution (on transport and […]
An EU court ruled this week that family members of EU citizens who are not nationals of a member state but hold a permanent residence card should be able to travel visa-free to EU states. According to the court’s decision and under Directive 2004/38/EC providing for freedom of movement for EU nationals, family members of […]


















