EU Aims to Open up to More Foreign Tourists This Summer Despite COVID-19

EU Aims to Open up to More Foreign Tourists This Summer Despite COVID-19
People enjoy a Sunday at the beach as COVID-19 restrictions ease around the country, in Castiglione della Pescaia, Italy, on May 2, 2021. Jennifer Lorenzini/Reuters
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BRUSSELS—The European Union’s executive has recommended easing COVID-19 travel restrictions next month to let foreign travelers from more countries enter the EU, hoping to boost the stricken tourism industry this summer.

Under current restrictions, people from only seven countries, including Australia and Singapore, can enter the EU on holiday, regardless of whether they have been vaccinated against COVID-19 but subject to tests or quarantine.