Recital 18

Council Decision 2013/755/EU of 25 November 2013 on the association of the overseas countries and territories with the European Union ( ‘Overseas Association Decision’ ) · European Union

(18) The incidence of communicable diseases in the OCTs, such as dengue in the Caribbean and the Pacific and chikungunya in the Indian Ocean region, can have a significant negative impact on health and the economy. Beyond decreasing the productivity of affected populations, epidemics in OCTs are likely to heavily impact tourism, which is a mainstay of many OCTs’ economies. Given the large number of tourists and migrant workers travelling to OCTs, they are vulnerable to importation of infectious diseases. Inversely, the large flow of people travelling back from OCTs could be a vector of introduction of communicable diseases in Europe. Ensuring a ‘safe tourism’ is therefore a critical factor for the sustainability of those OCTs economies that heavily rely on tourism.

← Recital 17 · All articles · Recital 19 →

Source: EUR-Lex (Cellar) · retrieved 2026-11-02 · Text as adopted (Official Journal); later amendments are not incorporated in this text.