Share on Twitter Europe is looking at easing travel restrictions on foreign tourists as early as next month, if they are fully vaccinated or come from a country with COVID-19 under control, officials said Monday. The European Commission is recommending EU member states agree to restart the bloc's vital tourist industry in time for the European summer after a wipe-out season last year when travel plummeted worldwide. "Time to revive the EU tourism industry and for cross-border friendships to rekindle - safely," commission chief Ursula von der Leyen tweeted. Time to revive ���� tourism industry & for cross-border friendships to rekindle - safely.