Switzerland: Travel abroad may be postponed until 2021

During a press conference included by Federal Public Health Office spokesman (FOPH) Daniel Koch, Jacob stressed the uncertainty about international travel.

With a personal recommendation, I would postpone travel abroad until next year”, Jacob said, further albinfo.ch.

Jacob said that even if air travel starts again, it will remain uncertain for a considerable period of time.

Jacob also warned against driving across land borders, saying that while it may not be under discussion in 2020, it cannot be guaranteed.

The statement came after Foreign Minister Ignazio Casis told the NZZA of Sunday that he could not see the borders that were opened for traffic coming from both directions until after the summer, albinfo.ch takes away.

Internal Travel?

For anyone living in Switzerland, Swiss authorities also indicated that they would seek to boost local tourism in 2020.

To minimize the risk from the coronary, it is planning a coordinated reopening that aims to guide visitors to different locations throughout the country to ensure that the <x0 hotpot” is not overloaded.

The tourism sector will not return to normal until 2022.

During the press conference, Jacob stressed that Swiss tourism operators will likely suffer a drop in demand by up to 80 percent in 2020, broadcast albinfo.ch.

Jacob also said he expected the effects on the industry to last, with things unlikely to return to normal by 2022.