Southern European countries have called on the EU to develop a plan to save tourism in 2020

The Southern European countries called on the European Commission to allocate funds from the European Fund for stimulating the economy in the context of coronavirus infection to support the tourism sector.

The tourism ministers of Greece, Italy, Spain, France, Portugal, Cyprus, Malta, Bulgaria and Romania consider it necessary for the EU executive body to develop for them a common plan to deal with the financial consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic.

In a joint statement, the ministers called for uniform rules for air, sea and land mobility to ensure safe and free travel in the European space. At the same time, the "nine" pointed to the need to provide preferential credit to airlines and provide passengers with security guarantees.