Eswatini also signs up to the world’s first ever global safety and hygiene stamp
London, UK: Popular holiday destinations Sri
Lanka and Grenada, are among the latest destinations to begin using the world’s
first ever global safety and hygiene stamp, launched recently by the World
Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC).
The growing list of endorsements have come from many major
holiday and city destinations around the world, with the holiday destinations
of Sri Lanka and Grenada joining other summer sun destinations such as the
ever-popular Alicante and Benidorm in Spain.
Eswatini, the popular wildlife and safari destination in
Southern Africa, joins a growing list of African nations to adopt ‘Safe
Travels’, including Rwanda and Tanzania.
WTTC, which represents the global Travel & Tourism
private sector, created the Safe Travels stamp to allow travellers to identify
destinations and businesses around the world which have adopted the global
standardised health and hygiene protocols.
The United Nations World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO) has
welcomed the WTTC Safe
Travels stamp, which place the safety and hygiene of travellers as top
priority.
Gloria Guevara, WTTC President & CEO, said: “Our
Safe Travels stamp continues to be a great success and we are thrilled to see
even more popular countries and destinations adopt our global health and
hygiene protocols.
“The WTTC Safe Travels stamp has had astounding success
since its launch. This shows the importance of the initiative not only to
countries and destinations, but also, crucially, to travellers and the 330
million people around the world whose livelihoods depend on the Travel &
Tourism sector.
“The stamp represents a critical step in rebuilding
consumer confidence in Travel & Tourism and allowing travellers to rest
easy knowing that enhanced standards of hygiene are in place and they can once
again experience ‘Safe Travels’.”
Since the launch of the WTTC Safe
Travels stamp, destination countries and cities, around the world have now
adopted WTTC’s new protocols, including holiday heavyweights such as Portugal,
Dubai, Egypt and Turkey.
As part of its Safe
Travels protocols, these worldwide measures provide consistency and
guidance to travel providers and travellers about the new approach to health,
hygiene, deep cleansing and physical distancing, in the ‘new normal’ of
COVID-19 world.
The protocols were devised following the experience of WTTC
members dealing with COVID19 and based on guidelines from the World Health
Organisation (WHO) and the Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
According to WTTC’s 2020 Economic Impact
Report, during 2019, Travel & Tourism was responsible for one in 10
jobs (330 million total), making a 10.3% contribution to global GDP and
generating one in four of all new jobs.
For full details about “Safe Travels”, please visit
wttc.org
Editor’s Notes:
WTTC has created nine overarching principles &
objectives for the Travel & Tourism Sector in the post-lockdown and
recovery stage:
1. Have the sector lead the definition of industry
regulation as Travel & Tourism moves from crisis management to recovery
2. Put the safety, health and security of travellers and the
Travel & Tourism workforce at the core of the development of global
standards
3. Ensure coherence in the approach and development of new
global standards through a coordinated, collaborative, and transparent approach
within the Travel & Tourism sector
4. Share harmonised and consistent standards and guidelines
across destinations and countries.
5. Collaborate with key actors across the Travel &
Tourism supply and value chain to ensure readiness to restart operations
6. Ensure standards and guidelines implemented are aligned
with governmental and public health requirements and supported by medical
evidence.
7. Rebuild trust and confidence with travellers through
effective communication & marketing; letting them know the protocols and
guidelines implemented and assurances available to keep them safe.
8. Relax and lift travel restrictions once the public health
threat has been contained.
9. Advocate for the implementation of enabling policies from
financial relief to visa facilitation and incentives to destination promotion
to support the recovery and demand re-generation for the sector.
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