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According to the report, to support the activities of the Lithuanian tourism business sector and to implement the commitments assumed both with consumers and with partners, it is necessary to monitor morbidity indicators of foreign countries and break down the recommendations at the level of foreign autonomous regions. .
The Lithuanian Tourism Association proposes to break down morbidity rates in the regions of Greece, Portugal, Spain and Turkey, according to a press release. It is recommended to break down the incidence rates in Greece into Crete, Rhodes, Corfu, Peloponnese and Kefalonia.
Currently, tour operators operate charter flights to Greece, whose continent is experiencing an increase in morbidity rates, but it should be noted that the epidemiological situation in Crete and Rhodes, where organized tourist trips are made from Lithuania, is favorable and low rates are recorded. morbidity.
It is also recommended to identify morbidity rates and review and update the travel recommendations to the Portuguese island of Madeira and the Algarve region; The Spanish Canary Islands and the region of Andalusia; Antalya and Bodrum regions of Turkey.
In their activities, tour operators follow the recommendations of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Lithuania and the Ministry of Health of the Republic of Lithuania regarding precautionary measures when traveling to individual countries, especially when it is recommended not to visit them. After the Ministry of Health announces that the mandatory self-isolation requirement would apply upon return from a foreign state, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Lithuania reviews the recommendations and applies the highest-level recommendation to the state. It should be noted that the top-level recommendation, not to travel to certain countries, is viewed from a legal and commercial point of view as a travel ban to those countries that provides reasons for travelers to reject purchased travel packages.
The document, signed by the executive director of LTA, Milda Rainien calls, calls for the urgent adoption of the necessary resolutions to break down the morbidity rates and recommendations in the autonomous communities, since a timely resolution would guarantee that neither the travelers nor the operators tourists suffer additional concerns or losses during the return procedure.
The monitoring of morbidity rates and the distribution of recommendations to state regions, according to the Tourism Association, would guarantee the possibility for tour operators to operate in autonomous regions separate from states where the epidemiological situation is safe.
The Lithuanian Tourism Association seeks to draw attention to the fact that the monitoring and disaggregation of morbidity indicators at the level of autonomous regions of the states would guarantee fair competition with tour operators from other countries of the European Union, such as Germany. or Poland. In these countries, resolutions have been adopted for the resumption of charter flights to epidemiologically safe regions. In Germany, mentioned in the example, the decision was made that tour operators can organize charter trips to separate regions of Turkey (Antalya, Bodrum, Izmir), so a tour operator established in Germany, providing services in Lithuania, creates a situation where Lithuanians can buy travel to Turkey, travel and on their return from Lithuania to Lithuania via Germany, they will not be subject to the mandatory self-isolation requirement.
Tourism is one of the business sectors most affected by the declared pandemic, with revenues compared to 2019. Indicators fell more than 90%. Thus, the aforementioned resolutions adopted in neighboring countries on the monitoring of morbidity indicators and the division of recommendations at the level of the autonomous communities of the states ensure the support of the activities of the tour operators for a sector in a particularly difficult situation.
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