VISITBRITAIN Director Asia Pacific, Middle East & Africa Tricia Warwick said the collapse of tour giant Thomas Cook (TD 23 Sep) reinforced the importance of consumer protection, such as ATOL, in the British travel industry.
“The reprotection of those people is guaranteed without fighting over who’s paying for what,” Warwick told Travel Daily.
“As much as it might be a big sum of money to cover this is when you need it.”
While lamenting the collapse of one of the country’s predominant travel brands, Warwick denied there would be an effect on the industry in Britain.
“From a long-haul travel point of view, we’re less affected, and when we look at the low-cost carriers into Europe, there’s a lot of capacity, so it’s not like you’re constraining the ability of people to visit.”
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