Border Delays

Travel, Tourism & Hospitality

WTTC warns EU border delays could jeopardise $45bn in tourism spending

Sun, 14 Jun 2026

New research commissioned by the World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) warns that prolonged border delays linked to the rollout of Europe's new Entry/Exit System (EES) could put up to 41 million visitor arrivals and $45.4 billion in visitor spending at risk from four of Europe's most important source markets.