Visa exemption agreements must remain in a post-Brexit environment if European tourism is to thrive, says data and analytics company, GlobalData. While, it is unlikely that we will see any changes or a tightening of entry requirements for travellers for short-visits, there remains so much uncertainty over Brexit that anything still remains possible.
Tourism flows between the UK and Schengen Area countries are significant. Seven of the UK's ten largest source markets are EU Schengen states. Conversely, the UK is a top ten source market for all Schengen states, and is the largest source market for France, Spain and Malta.
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Our previous question asked… As confirmed coronavirus cases exceed 10,000 and airlines start cutting schedules, what are the largest international markets from China by seat capacity?
The coronavirus now has more cases than the SARS epidemic that originated in the Guangdong province of southern China in 2002. As the number of cases and deaths continue to rise Governments have increasingly put in place measures to restrict arrivals of visitors from mainland China.
The Blue Swan Daily research of historic OAG schedules for 1Q 2019 show the five largest international markets from China by non-stop capacity were Thailand, Japan, South Korea, Hong Kong and Taipei. Together these accounted for more than half (52.2%) of the 24.5 million international seats available from China over the three month period.