The Irish Travel Agents Association is calling the Government to engage immediately with proposed EU guidelines for the reopening of international travel to avoid further delays in restarting the Irish travel sector.
Foreign travel for holidays is to be permitted in Ireland from July 19, with the European COVID-19 Certificate to be introduced on this date.
More than one million Europeans have already received the EU Covid-19 Certificate, which is sometimes referred to as a Digital Green Cert.
It acts as proof that the holder has been vaccinated against COVID-19, recently received a negative test result, or has recovered from COVID-19.
Emma McHugh is an ITAA Board Member and the Managing Director of Atlantic Travel in Letterkenny.
She spoke to our reporter Diarmuid Pepper about what the EU Covid-19 Certificate will mean for consumers, potential discrepancies for Irish passport holders in the north, and about the hopes for the travel industry after a difficult year:
