EU. Covid-19 and its restrictions have caused a loss of 1.5 billion nights in EU hotels. Southern European establishments remain largely the most affected.

FRANCE. Jean-Baptiste Lemoyne, Secretary of State for Tourism, recalled the importance of preparing the tourism sector for the rebound as Renaud Muselier, President of the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur Region, unveiled four new support measures for the recovery of tourism. version française

WORLD. According to a survey carried out in January 2021 by the World Tourism Organisation (WTO) among professionals, "it will take two and a half to four years for international tourism to return to 2019 levels".

FRANCE / SPAIN. The French company Vivendi becomes owner of 9.9% of Prisa's capital. The Spanish group owns notably El Pais.

SPAIN. Spain lost nearly 80% of its foreign tourists in 2020.

MEDITERRANEAN. The Emerging Mediterranean Digital Summit awarded five start-ups developing innovations with a positive impact on society in Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya and Mauritania.
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PORTUGAL. The tourism sector, an essential sector in Portugal, shows a drop in turnover of more than 64%.

EU. The European Court of Auditors is launching an audit on EU funds earmarked for public investment in the tourism sector from 2014 to 2020.

FRANCE. The suitors were numerous, but the Commercial Court of Paris finally chose Carrefour as the buyer of the Bio c'Bon brand. version française

SERBIA. The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) grants a line of credit of up to €20 million to Banca Intesa Beograd to support companies and municipalities facing Covid-19.

FRANCE. Faced with the Covid-19 crisis, Sodexo announces a plan to safeguard jobs, with more than 2,000 net job losses.

FRANCE. Twenty-four bosses of French tourism met in Marseilles in conclave to exchange on their vision of the future of the sector strongly disturbed by the Covid-19 crisis.