Quarantine is not the source of the tourism industry’s woes

The sudden imposition of quarantine on people arriving from France highlights the risks involved in foreign travel while the virus is still circulating. This uncertainty is likely to mean it takes a very long time for international travel to recover from its Covid-19 plunge. The reduction in foreign travel will not hinder the domestic tourism industry, but the wider effects of the virus will.

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