Popular holiday hot-spots Indonesia, Dubai, and Rwanda are among the latest destinations beginning to receive the world’s first-ever global safety and hygiene stamp, which was launched by the World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC).
The growing list of endorsements has come from many major holiday and city destinations around the world, such as Sharjah, as well as Malaga, which joins the growing list of Spanish summer sun destinations, including Alicante and Benidorm.
WTTC, which represents the global Travel and Tourism private sector, created the Safe Travels stamp to allow travellers to identify destinations and businesses around the world that have adopted the global standardised health and hygiene protocols.
The UN Tourism has welcomed the WTTC Safe Travels stamp, which places the safety and hygiene of travellers as the top priority.
“Our Safe Travels stamp is proving a great success, and we are delighted to see even more popular countries and destinations adopt our global health and hygiene protocols,” Gloria Guevara, WTTC President & CEO, said.
Since the launch of the WTTC Safe Travels stamp, destination countries, cities, and hotspots around the world have now adopted WTTC’s new protocols.
“As we reopen Dubai’s doors to tourism and welcome our international visitors back to the city, our foremost priority is their wellbeing, achieved through stringent hygiene and safety protocols that have been deployed across all tourist touch points,” Helal Saeed Almarri, Director General, Dubai’s Department of Tourism and Commerce Marketing (Dubai Tourism), said
As part of its Safe Travels protocols, these worldwide measures provide consistency and guidance to travel providers and travellers about the new approach to health, hygiene, deep cleansing, and physical distancing, in the ‘new normal’ of the COVID-19 world.
The protocols were devised following the experience of WTTC members dealing with COVID-19 and based on guidelines from the World Health Organisation (WHO) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
“Parallel to Indonesia’s efforts to restart the tourism industry after the pandemic, we are honored to be part of the Safe Travels stamp that has been designed to rebuild confidence among consumers so they can travel safely,” Wishnutama Kusubandio, Minister of Tourism and Creative Economy of Indonesia, said.
