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Tourism: overseas, an "experiment" to lighten the fortnight

2020-05-31T11:04:58.653Z


All overseas arrivals are currently subject to around fifteen. The government wishes to experiment with a system involving


The Minister of Overseas Annick Girardin confirmed this Saturday the will of the government to set up "an experiment" to lighten the fortnight currently compulsory for all the arrivals in overseas. The objective: to promote tourism. The Prime Minister had mentioned this experiment on Thursday during the presentation of the second phase of deconfinement.

"We are going to set up very quickly the conditions for an experiment" in the voluntary territories, with "a protocol which will involve" a covid test in the 48 hours preceding the embarkation, then "realization of a seventy to the arrived in the territory, "she said.

A new PCR test carried out then "will allow, if the person is negative, to adapt the measures of the second septaine, with less restrictions, and displacements with some prohibited", detailed the minister, questioned by the delegation to the Overseas National Assembly sea.

Not yet validated by the Scientific Council

But this system, "desired by many elected officials and socio-economic actors", "is not yet validated by the Scientific Council", which assists the government in the health crisis, said Annick Girardin. In addition, a decree must be able to impose the obligation of a test prior to boarding, "a legal basis that we do not have today".

The Minister also recognized that the fortnight was "a drama" for the overseas tourism sector. "Yes, this drama I hear", because "if we stay in the fortnight, we will not have tourists this summer" in Overseas, she insisted. "I will support this dynamic, but the first obstacle today is not" on the government side, "it is more in the territories," she added.

According to Annick Girardin, "we have to work on the confidence of the populations", "give them confidence in the local sanitary capacities to manage" the virus, to "save the furniture", in tourism matters, notably with affinity tourism ( acquaintances or relatives), she insisted. Part of the overseas population is worried about the potential arrival of tourists this summer in territories that are sometimes fragile in terms of health.

Source: leparis

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