The COVID-19 epidemic has severely hit the tourism industry. How to restore the normal operation of international tourism?

Opening international tourism is certainly the best way to make up for the loss. Greece and Georgia announced the opening of their borders to foreign tourists for the first time in mid-June, which is the first time since the outbreak of the epidemic. Although most European countries and regions are still waiting to see, Italy, France, Spain, Britain, Germany and other countries have announced the establishment of transnational tourism? Green area? These countries will first open their borders to each other for international tourism. Recently, Italy officially opened its travel permit to British citizens. Lithuanian, Latvian and Charias, the three Baltic countries, also recognize their mutual relations? Travel safety corridor? According to the agreement, citizens of these three countries travel and visit each other.

In Central Asia, tourism in Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan and Tajikistan has also begun to recover. According to the master plan, the three countries will open domestic tourism, and after a period of planning adjustment, they will fully open international tourism.

In order to reduce the negative impact of the epidemic on the economy, governments of various countries have taken relief measures and provided financial subsidies to help small and medium-sized enterprises and self-employed individuals affected by the epidemic. The finance ministers meeting of EU member states agreed to implement a large-scale rescue plan totaling 540 billion euros. The Russian President instructed the government to provide financial support to the international tourism, public catering and hotel industries most affected by the epidemic, and the State Bank provided interest-free loan assistance to these small and medium-sized enterprises.

Australia announced a financial plan of A $176 billion to help the economy resist novel coronavirus's influence. The government will also invest 6.7 billion Australian dollars in the next four years to help the cash flow of SMEs; Germany announced a people's livelihood policy with a total budget of 50 billion euros to help small businesses and freelancers experience the impact of the epidemic, and there may be some new trends in global tourism. Due to the different epidemic situation and immigration restrictions in different countries, many people worry that long-distance travel, short-distance travel, domestic travel or relatively safe travel in go on road trip may become new growth points in the future. The epidemic also provides an opportunity for the tourism industry to shift its marketing focus to domestic tourists.