'Vaccine passport' - a lifesaver for world tourism 2
At a harbor on the island of Paxos, Greece, Panagiotis Mastoras is checking on boats carrying tourists and counting down the days until they return.
Greece welcomes tourists back from May 14, provided that visitors are fully vaccinated, those who have been infected with nCoV and recovered, and test negative.
Mastoras is one of 850,000 people who rely on the country’s tourism industry for a living.
The `Land of Gods` is one of the countries at the forefront of efforts to restore tourism with the help of vaccine passports.
TUI AG, one of the world’s largest tour operators, said vaccination is key to its business recovery.
On March 17, the European Union made a decision on its own passport by issuing a Digital Green Certificate.
PortAventura World is a resort and theme park complex near Barcelona, Spain with 2,200 rooms.
Airlines are also interested in the `divine` passport.
Paxos Island, Greece is empty of tourists due to Covid-19.
However, these applications are facing some difficulties.
Many people believe that these tickets can hold the key to the holder’s access to a wider world.
But this does not mean that everyone’s life can immediately return to the way it was before the pandemic.
Besides, there are conflicts between countries.
Bill Barnett, founder of hotel consulting firm C9 Hotelworks in Phuket, Thailand, said that vaccination will not all but erase people’s worries about tourists arriving and increasing infections.
