LONDON: No more feasting from the hotel buffet, showing off your tan under the disco lights or impromptu dips in the swimming pool – holidaying during the coronavirus pandemic will be a more sanitised affair.
Holidaymakers will be expected to keep to social distancing of between 1.5 to 2 metres, meaning fewer tables in the restaurant and group sports such as football will be replaced by others such as tennis. "The main candidates are the Balearics, the Canaries, Greece Cyprus, but also Croatia and Bulgaria," he said.
Frequently touched surfaces will be cleaned every 30 minutes and there will also be COVID-19 testing devices onboard, but no self-service restaurants that cruise ships are famed for and strict limits on numbers allowed in theatres, spas and gyms. The guidelines were similar to some of those proposed by TUI - hotels and other companies in hospitality should set a maximum number of guests allowed in communal areas, arrange a booking system for meal times and pool visits and consider keeping special facilities, including childcare facilities, closed.As the tourism industry struggles to stay afloat with travel severely curtailed by the coronavirus pandemic, TUI said it plans to slash 8,000 jobs in a bid to cut costs.
Highlighting the impact of the crisis, the group reported a net loss of 763.6 million euros for its second quarter to March.
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