MADRID — The World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) is warning that lengthy border delays tied to the rollout of Europe’s new Entry/Exit System (EES) could put billions in visitor spending at risk and deter millions of travellers from visiting the Schengen Area.
According to new research commissioned by WTTC, as many as 41 million visitor arrivals from the United Kingdom, United States, Canada and Australia could be at risk if travellers regularly face border waits of three hours or more when entering Schengen countries.
The…