Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 12 May 2021
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport
Digital Green Certificate and Rapid Antigen Testing: Discussion
Mr. Ivan Bassato:
I think so. By far the highest number of tourists to Rome and Italy come from Europe. The north American market is important but the big numbers of tourists come from within Europe. That will be important, for sure. We have said this as an industry it is important that there will also be co-ordinated action among the different member states on this matter. We hope this will happen. In the next week, there will be this very important change and we also expect a change in the policies on the Covid-tested flights either because the Covid-tested flights are extended to other destinations and the limitations on non-essential travel are removed. We expect the change regarding this regime but there were fewer public statements on that.