{"id":1028,"date":"2020-06-06T01:22:49","date_gmt":"2020-06-06T01:22:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/travelcommunication.net\/?p=25664"},"modified":"2020-06-29T01:33:33","modified_gmt":"2020-06-29T01:33:33","slug":"wttc-responds-to-the-uks-14-day-quarantine-announcement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.travelindex.org\/media\/global-travel-news\/wttc-responds-to-the-uks-14-day-quarantine-announcement\/","title":{"rendered":"WTTC Responds to the UK\u2019s 14-day Quarantine Announcement"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/travelcommunication.net\/destinations\/europe\/wttc-responds-to-the-uks-14-day-quarantine-announcement\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"WTTC Responds to the UK&#039;s 14-day Quarantine Announcement-TRAVELINDEX\" src=\"https:\/\/travelcommunication.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/WTTC-Responds-to-the-UKs-14-day-Quarantine-Announcement-TRAVELINDEX-300x186.jpg\" alt=\"WTTC Responds to the UK&#8217;s 14-day Quarantine Announcement\" width=\"300\" height=\"186\" \/><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<p>London, Great Britain, June 5, 2020 \/ TRAVELINDEX \/ Gloria Guevara, WTTC President and CEO, said: \u201cOnce again, we call on the UK government to remove the 14-day quarantine as soon as possible. Quarantines should not be necessary if appropriate and effective containment measures are in place at departure and arrival points.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhile the UK government has managed well the overall response to the COVID-19 crisis, we believe the 14-day quarantine will put the UK at a distinct competitive disadvantage. While we understand protecting public health is paramount, this measure, which affects international visitors and those arriving back into the UK from abroad, will have a significant and long-lasting negative effect on the Travel &amp; Tourism sector.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ve no doubt these measures will deter both business and leisure travellers from visiting major hubs throughout the country.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt will worsen an already critical situation and delay the much-needed recovery of the UK economy. So, it\u2019s vital that \u2018air corridors\u2019 to low-infection countries are opened as soon as possible.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWTTC data shows the COVID-19 crisis has led to more than 1.2 million Travel &amp; Tourism jobs being at risk in the UK, with substantial losses already.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs the sixth largest economy in the world, and the third largest in Europe in terms of the Travel &amp; Tourism, it is critical Travel &amp; Tourism sector drives the economic recovery, as its contributes 9% of UK GDP and is responsible for 11% of total UK employment.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>London, Great Britain, June 5, 2020 \/ TRAVELINDEX \/ Gloria Guevara, WTTC President and CEO, said: \u201cOnce again, we call on the UK government to remove the 14-day quarantine as soon as possible. Quarantines should not be necessary if appropriate and effective containment measures are in place at departure and arrival points. \u201cWhile the UK &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":4834,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1028","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-global-travel-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.travelindex.org\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1028","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.travelindex.org\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.travelindex.org\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.travelindex.org\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1028"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.travelindex.org\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1028\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.travelindex.org\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4834"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.travelindex.org\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1028"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.travelindex.org\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1028"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.travelindex.org\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1028"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}