WTTC ‘Safe Travels’ stamp is a marketing scheme, not a seal of safety

The Ministry of Health (SS) and the General Health Council (CSG) are the only authorities empowered to issue protocols or guidelines for general compliance with respect to Covid-19; thus, the 'Safe Travels' seal issued by WTTC and other groups are only opinions based on little or no safety verification.

As PVDN has been reporting, the Safe Travel stamps being issued by WTTC has limited requirements for acceptance. To be issued the stamp of approval by the organization, a destination only needs to confirm they have a protocol for the tourism industry facing COVID-19, and the . . .

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