EU could reopen borders to tourists in Covid-19 recovery plan

Travel will be recommended between countries with similar risk profiles, draft report says

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European countries will be advised to open borders to countries with similar coronavirus risk profiles under a plan to bolster the ailing tourist industry being discussed in Brussels.

On Wednesday the European commission will recommend a phased approach to reopening borders that means EU countries with “similar overall risk profiles” on the pandemic will open to tourists from each other’s countries, according to a leaked draft paper seen by the Guardian.