Save time by listening to our audio articles as you multitaskAfter two years of pandemic uncertainty, tourism is back . For Europe, which attracts half the world’s international travellers, that ought to be a boon. And yet the headlines are grim. Staff shortages at airports and airlines have prompted a surge in flight cancellations.
Some of the havoc is down to tourism rebounding unexpectedly fast. Deprived of holidays for years, vacationers are “revenge travelling”, depleting what remains of their pandemic-era stimulus cheques. War on the fringes of the continent might have been expected to crimp demand. Instead it sent the euro tanking , making Greek tavernas and Baltic beaches irresistible.
In part the strikes reflect workers demanding that pay keep up with high tourist loads and soaring inflation. But airports’ difficulties are not merely the result of local labour troubles. Far beyond the tarmac, European workers currently have the upper hand. Unemployment in the euro area, at 6.6%, is at its lowest since the single currency was launched two decades ago. Some places have all but run out of workers: Germany’s jobless rate is just 2.8%.
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This is terrible, hope the situation will change soon
Western White self entitled people have to 2 or 3 holidays in a year.Same lot munch on burgers ,snort cocaine and drive their oil thirsty SUV. Like to lecture and preach rest of the World about climate change.
Great article. And for those thinking only the UK has ills, a lovely and timely reminder.
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