Parliament’s Transport and Tourism Committee urges the Commission to come up with a European action plan to help the tourism sector to overcome the crisis.
MEPs reiterated, in a debate with Internal Market Commissioner Thierry Breton, that the tourism sector needs more support in the ongoing COVID-19 crisis through specific measures, funding, increased EU-level coordination and a targeted roadmap. The demand for a sector-specific recovery plan and strategy was echoed across the political spectrum.
Protecting the tourism sector
Commissioner Breton acknowledged that tourism was the first sector hit by the coronavirus and it is likely to be the slowest to recover from the crisis. “We have to come up with a strong response,” explained Breton. “Tourism is our priority and we are trying to do as much as we can with the existing funds.”
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By Najib Senhadji
Meknes, ranked “World Heritage of Humanity”, with Volubilis, is a prized destination owing to its historic monuments, its medina, its surrounding areas, its cultural life, its rich rural products and its renowned gastronomy.
A town of memory, Meknes harbours outstanding patrimonial treasures: mosques, medersas (theological schools), palaces, gates, museums, mausoleums, fountains, galleries, souks and handicraft bazaars.
The town was founded in the 10th century bearing the name of Meknessa Ezzeitoun, by the Zénète Meknassa tribe. It combines tradition and modernity perfectly while offering the visitor a unique urban setting, a real open-sky museum with its medina, its ramparts and gardens.
Meknes has remained the town where Muslims, Jews and Christians lived and still live together in tolerance and total harmony.
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Turkish hoteliers' income and hotel prices in Turkey reached a three-year record in 2019. Nevertheless, the hotel sector expects an increase in tourist flow in 2020.
The Turkish Hotel Association (TÜROB) has published a final report of the sector in 2019. According to the industry Association, the hotel industry in Turkey last year added in all three key indicators: average load, average room price (ADR) and average room income (RevPAR). These indicators have become maximum over the past three years.
The most successful destinations in Turkey are Istanbul and Antalya. The average occupancy indicator in Istanbul increased by 3,9% to 74% in 2019, the average daily room price was 89,6 Euros (+ 9,3%), room income increased by 13,6% to 66,3 Euros.
In Antalya, the average occupancy indicator during the year was 65,7% - an increase of 1,8% compared with the previous year. Prices... more
