The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has welcomed the agreement by the G20 Tourism Ministers to support the safe restoration of mobility by following the G20 Rome Guidelines for the Future of Tourism.
IATA has urged G20 governments to quickly follow up their endorsement of the guidelines with actions, particularly the five-point agenda to safely restore mobility:
1. Sharing information among industry and governments to inform policies and decisions to ensure safe mobility.
2. Agreeing common international approaches to Covid-19 testing, vaccination, certification and information.
3. Promoting digital traveller identity, biometrics and contactless transactions for safe and seamless travel.
4. Providing accessible, consistent, clear and updated information to travellers to encourage and facilitate travel planning and journeys.
5. Maintaining and improving the connectivity, safety and sustainability of transport systems.
The G20 has the right focus and agenda to restart travel and tourism. The combination of vaccinations and testing are the drivers to make travel broadly and safely accessible.
The aviation industry is already making critical progress to be ready.
• The IATA Travel Pass responds exactly to the need for reliable testing and vaccination certificates verified against the traveller’s itinerary. This will be particularly useful in furthering the recommendation for digital solutions.
IATA Travel Pass will help prevent fraud and provide a framework for airlines to securely and efficiently manage Covid-19 travel credentials that governments could easily tap into. With over a billion doses of the vaccine administered already and a growing number of countries welcoming vaccinated travellers, a system to globally recognise digital vaccine certificates is becoming even more critical.
• The UNWTO/IATA Destination Tracker will give travellers the confidence to plan travel knowing the measures that are in place and requirements to travel.
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