Global tourism ponders next moves

Companies and countries that depend on travel or large gatherings are counting on a totally unproven concept of Covid-19 vaccination certificates

The first visitors wearing face masks to protect against the spread of coronavirus, walk atop of Acropolis hill, as the Parthenon temple is seen in the background in Athens on March 22. Picture: Thanassis Stavrakis/AP

In a harbour on the Greek island of Paxos, Panagiotis Mastoras checks over his fleet of pleasure craft and counts down the days to the return of the tourists who fuel the economy of the 13km speck in the Ionian Sea.

For the rental-boat skipper, the easing of travel curbs imposed as the Covid-19 outbreak swept the world appears tantalisingly close.