NEWS/ GLOBAL TRAVEL
TOURISM & COVID 19 A WAY FORWARD The outbreak of Coronavirus COVID-19 presents the tourism sector with a major and evolving challenge.
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he Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a new virus that causes respiratory illness in humans and can spread from person-to-person. COVID-19 is a new strain of coronavirus that has not been previously identified in humans. Around the world, countries continue to count the cost of COVID-19: in lives lost, in economic disruption and in the threat to sustainable development where it’s most needed. The Spring Meetings of the World Bank and International Monetary Fund set the backdrop for global leaders to advance immediate response and the economic policies to chart a path
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