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Added on the 14/01/2021 13:00:00 - Copyright : EFE Inglés
Police officers patrol and carry out checks in Rome and the Vatican as a partial lockdown is in place across the country until January 6 to combat a surge in Covid infections. Restrictions include limits on people leaving their homes more than once a day and curbs on regional travel. IMAGES
Rome (Italy), Sep 23 (EFE) - (Camera: Álvaro Padilla) The millions in losses suffered in the tourism sector in Italy and Spain as a result of the coronavirus pandemic can be recovered to some extent if both governments design recovery plans and utilise part of the aid they will receive from the European Recovery Fund. In an interview with EFE, the president of the Italian Government Tourist Board (ENIT), Giorgio Palmucci, explains this further. FOOTAGE OF INTERVIEW WITH GIORGIO PALMUCCI, ITALIAN GOVERNMENT TOURIST BOARD (ENIT)Translation: "We have had a recovery of tourism from Germany, Austria and Switzerland (which represents for Italy 30 % of its total international tourism), for the mountain and lake areas", especially the north of Italy"."On the contrary, the cities dedicated to culture and art are suffering a lot, especially because American and Asian tourism are missing. Milan, Rome, Florence and Venice are in a really complicated situation because above all of foreign tourism in a particular they lack American tourism"."We calculate that the crisis of the whole sector will have a penalty in the GDP of about 5.5%, while if we look only at the weight of tourism itself the decline will be 2-3%.""I am sure that the different ministries, not only the Ministry of Tourism, when designing the projects to be financed by the Recovery Fund, will be well aware of the effect they can have on the recovery of tourism".
Barcelona, Sep 11 (EFE).- Thousands celebrated Catalonia's National Day on Friday amid the pandemic and political uncertainty due to the possible disqualification of the head of the Catalan government Quim Torra.FOOTAGE OF BARCELONA ON FRIDAY.
Rome, Apr 28 (EFE) .-Shops, bars, and restaurants across Italy kept lights on, shutters raised, and doors open on Tuesday night as part of their national flashmob to draw attention to the problems facing business and restuarant owners during the coronavirus lockdown Camera: JORGE ORTIZ). FOOTAGE SHOWS SHOPS, BARS AND RESTUARANTS IN ROME, ITALY, THAT PARTICIPATED IN THE NATIONAL FLASHMOB; AND THE STREETS OF ROME.
By 94 votes in favour and 49 against, Senegalese MPs pass an amnesty law covering acts linked to deadly protests in the last three years, a controversial text aimed at calming the crisis sparked by the presidential election delay. IMAGES
U.S. President Barack Obama attends an outdoor arrival ceremony in heavy rain, as the first sitting U.S. president to visit Laos. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).