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The war in Europe that replaced the pandemic as a vacation constraint in Europe will reduce tourists travels in Central and Eastern Europe, especially to the countries bordering Ukraine, experts said.

Germany’s Economics and Climate Protection Minister Robert Habeck spoke to Deutsche Welle DW about the possibilities that the tourism industry holds at the International Tourism Exchange (ITB), the world’s largest travel trade show, which is being held digitally in Berlin until March 10.

Habeck said there was “no better counterweight to war than tourism” and added that people could gain new experiences and even make friendships during their travels, he said.

Until early March In view of the waris it possible to travel to Baltic countries or Ukraine’s immediate neighbors, such as Poland, Hungary or Slovakia? “There is nothing working against it,” Samed Kizgin, a travel security expert, told Germany DW.

“At most, refugee flows could lead to restrictions in certain areas, so the question is more whether one chooses to travel to neighboring countries or not”, he added.

According to the expert the number of tourists in Central and Eastern Europe, like elsewhere in the world, has declined significantly in the past two years due to the pandemic.

“But in the case of Ukraine’s neighbors, geopolitical tension also plays a role, said Kizgin”.

“Tourism in the region has been hobbled for years because the Ukraine conflict has been brewing for a long time and people knew that at some point there would be a big blow-out.”

Deutsche Welle (German Media Company)