Elmia moves forward and travellers soon ready for the world

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The large and immensely popular Elmia Husvagn Husbil trade fair is being moved to 2021. At the same time, much of the travel industry is slowly and carefully getting started. It's time for this week's travel news!

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Elmia Husvagn Husbil postponed until 2021

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic and its impact on public gatherings, the Nordic region's largest caravan and motorhome fair, Elmia Husvagn Husbil, will not be able to take place in September 2020 in its current format. The decision to postpone Elmia Husvagn Husbil has been made after careful consideration and in dialogue with the Swedish Caravan Industry Association (HRF), the Caravan Club of Sweden and various exhibitors and visitors. The next Elmia Husvagn Husbil will be held on 8-12 September 2021.

Tunisia is ready to receive tourists

Tunisia has implemented a health policy that ranks it among the best in the world.
countries in the world to deal with the COVID-19 crisis, according to a press release from the Tunisian Tourism Agency. The country has implemented a successful isolation strategy and used modern technologies such as robots, drones and thermal imaging cameras to deal with the pandemic. The Tunisian Ministry of Tourism and Crafts has now created a "Ready and Safe" label, which is mandatory in the tourism industry and requires the implementation of an internal protocol in line with WHO recommendations.

Travellers are ready for the world this autumn

In an online survey of 4097 respondents, conducted by Rolfs Flyg & Buss, more than half said they are ready to travel the world this autumn. 59% said they wanted to travel between September and November and 17% wanted to wait for the winter months. Of the places travellers wanted to go, 52% are in Europe. Many travellers dream of destinations in southern Europe, with the following countries in the top ten:

1. Italy (36 %)
2. Spain, excluding Canary Islands (20 %)
3. Croatia (16 %)
4. France (12 %)
5. Other (5 %)

TUI offers Blue Star concept in Sweden

Many Swedish families are planning to holiday in Sweden this summer, and many of them have previously holidayed at TUI's concept hotels in Greece or Spain, for example. Now Elite hotels in nine Swedish cities offer the Blue Star concept. The cities offering the concept are Helsingborg, Gothenburg, Jönköping, Örebro, Stockholm, Gävle, Sundsvall, Örnsköldsvik and Luleå. TUI will also offer holiday solutions at other Elite hotels in the country, but not under the Blue Star flag.

Swedish cities promote each other

Karlstad is now cooperating under the theme '24 hours with the neighbour', Linköping, Norrköping, Västerås and Örebro by unusually advising their own residents to go to the four neighbouring cities. "Some may perceive us as competitors. But in fact we are colleagues who all have the same interest, namely to increase tourism in our part of Sweden and in our type of destinations", says Christina Leinonen, business developer for tourism at Norrköping Municipality.

Reflection of the week

We mainly base our travel news on Mondays on press releases that land in our inbox (which we supplement with googling and checking Mynewsdesk). During the corona pandemic, there has been little travel news, but it's starting to flow in again!

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