About: Travel and tourism industry

Breton: EU recovery fund should help tourism sector become ‘more resilient’
The EU budget and coronavirus recovery fund should be used to help tourism "emerge more resilient from the crises ahead," the EU's internal market commissioner Thierry Breton said on Thursday (21 January).
Europe’s tourism dilemma explained
Empty squares, deserted beaches and cancelled trips - the COVID-19 pandemic has thrown Europe’s tourism industry into chaos. Will we be able to go on holidays this summer? Will Europe’s travel industry survive the pandemic? And what is the EU doing in all this?
Tweets of the Week: Border Openings, Black Lives Matter, Bottomless MEP
Europe wants to see UK tourists less, Black Lives Matter widespread protests stress, and MEP joins committee in state of undress.
Tweets of the Week: Hungary Debate, Summer Holidays, Brexit Talks
Orban’s dictatorship makes MEPs mad, summer holidays would make everyone glad, and resumed Brexit talks are going pretty bad.
Spain to close all hotels, help nursing homes as coronavirus deaths climb
The Spanish government on Thursday (19 March) ordered the closure of all the country’s hotels and promised to implement special measures in nursing homes after a surge in the country’s coronavirus cases and deaths.
Hundreds of thousands stranded after travel firm Thomas Cook collapses
Hundreds of thousands of holidaymakers were stranded on Monday by the collapse of the world’s oldest travel firm Thomas Cook, sparking the largest peacetime repatriation effort in British history.
Drought-hit Ethiopia reinvents itself as upmarket tourist destination
With the worst drought in 50 years, some 18 million people dependent on emergency food supplies, and aid agencies warning the money and the aid will run out in two months, it seems a strange time for Ethiopia to be marketing itself as an upmarket tourist destination. VideoPromoted content

What Next for Europe in Driving Green Growth?
In the past several years, Green Growth has become a strategic response to climate change and increasing populations, demanding inclusion, while using more and more basic resources.