Love_is_not_tourism
Love is not tourism
Grassroots movement during COVID-19 pandemic
Love is not tourism is an international grassroots movement of couples that due to restrictions in place in reaction to the COVID-19 pandemic could not meet their partners. The movement was formed in June 2020 by unknown individuals and quickly spread onto various social media platforms. The German programmer Felix Urbasik created a website to promote the campaign of essential travels to people committed in a relationship to meet in person safely during the pandemic. The campaign was partially successful among some of the countries part of the European Union to make concessions to people trying to meet up with their partner.
The site is currently a wiki, allowing anyone to contribute to information regarding travel bans on every country.