[block type="summary”]Lex Delles, Minister for Tourism and Small/Medium-sized Enterprises, held a press conference on Thursday morning concerning plans to help the tourism industry in Luxembourg. Key parts of the plan revolve around a campaign to boost homegrown tourism in the Grand Duchy, fuelled by a €50 voucher scheme for residents and cross-border workers to encourage them to discover the country through staycations.
Europe ramped up efforts to help its coronavirus-hit economies on Thursday as the UN’s chief called for a “people’s vaccine” to battle the pandemic. With Brazil and Mexico seeing record deaths after Latin America became the new COVID-19 hotspot, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said a new vaccine had to be available to everyone across the world.
Vienna on Wednesday announced it was lifting the restrictions at its land borders at midnight, excepting on the Italian frontier. Many European countries have said they will be following suit in the coming weeks and relax travel restrictions imposed at the beginning of the pandemic.
