Why do you speak of a perfect crime?
“The tourism minister Franceschini has abandoned us – attacks Ezhaya -. Not only did he not accept the requests we made, but he did not propose effective alternative measures. Thus he condemned companies to death. And now comes the mockery of countries with borders open or not. “
Do you challenge health security measures?
“It is always delicate to enter the theme of security, but certainly the way it has been opened or closed to some countries is singular. An example: we can organize trips to Rwanda, but not to Tanzania, a destination with Zanzibar for many Italians, although in the African state there have been only 509 Covid cases ascertained. It is absurd. And in any case, for other countries, such as Tunisia, the borders are open but those who stay there on their return must make quarantine: according to you how many can they afford to go on vacation and then stay another 15 days at home? “.
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Travel to and from abroad: questions and answers (and the flaw in the control system)
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Have you made your requests known to the Government?
“Of course and the result was very frustrating. Months of meetings, meetings on meetings in which we concretely explained what is needed and then nothing was done. We are very disappointed, we will not be silent and we will do something.”
What are your requests?
“We ask for substantial changes to the decree, which we can summarize in three points: increase in the Fund for organized tourism and simplified procedures for accessing the instrument; extension of the lay-off fund by way of derogation at the end of the year; extension of the tax credit for rents also to tour operators, agencies and event organizers “.
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How do you rate the holiday bonus?
“Proximity tourism cannot save the sector and in any case the holiday bonus will be able to use too few. From the aid point of view, a tour operator will not receive anything, not even as a tax credit. We estimate that of the 80 thousand employees in the sector , without considering the related industries, more than half will lose their jobs. The sector has 13,000 companies including travel agencies, tour operators and event organizers, with a turnover value of 20 billion. We had asked for help for 750 million, they arrived 25. There is a comparison that speaks for itself: France, in which tourism is worth 10% of GDP, has allocated 18 billion for the sector. And in Italy tourism counts for 13% of GDP. “
What do you mean when you say “we’ll do something”? Will you ask for another government, as already done by the president of Confindustria Bonomi?
“We do not enter into the merit of the change of government, it does not belong to us, but certainly on the tourism front nothing has been done and the consequences should be drawn. We have spent a lot in these months: we bought newspaper pages and made noise to carry on our proposals. Incredible that nothing has been done, especially if you think how Alitalia helped you. We will not be silent. “
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