A group of seven frontline EU countries have called for funding from the bloc’s proposed €2 trillion Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF) to support their tourism sectors in regions affected by their proximity to Russia, Belarus and Ukraine.
In a letter to European Commissioners for Tourism and Cohesion, Apostolos Tzitzikostas and Raffaele Fitto, the tourism and finance ministers of Bulgaria, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Romania and Slovakia outlined how their tourism sectors have been affected by “geopolitical developments and security concerns” linked to Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, among other factors.
