The move signals an end to one of Europe's longest and strictest coronavirus lockdowns.
Italy will lift travel restrictions from June, meaning visitors from abroad can enter without having to self-isolatecoronavirusBoth regional and international borders will open on June 3, with the government putting an end to the mandatory 14-day quarantine for anyone arriving from abroad.
Italy’s national hotel federation said that by April the sector had already shed 106,000 jobs, with occupancy dropping by 99% for foreigners and 96% for Italians. Another half a million jobs are at risk if the summer season does not take off. Officials began to relax those measures earlier this month, when it allowed factories and parks to reopen on May 4.
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