UNWTO chief calls for swift decisions on travel restrictions

Countries need to decide "today" on applying travel restrictions over the emergence of a new coronavarius variant in Africa and make such rules uniform, especially in Europe, head of the Madrid-based United Nations' tourism body said on Friday.

"My recommendation will be to take decisions today, not after one week, because if it continues to spread as we are expecting then it will be late and will make no sense to apply restrictions," UN World Tourism Organization Secretary-General Zurab Pololikashvili told Reuters.

He added that countries need to follow recommendations by the World Health Organisation in drawing up travel rules.

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