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T<\/span>he world\u2019s most powerful economies agreed to back plans for so-called vaccine passports in a bid to pull the travel and tourism industry out of a pandemic-fueled slump.<\/p>\r\n Tourism ministers from the\u00a0Group of 20\u00a0threw their weight behind the new certificates, stressing that a resumption of normal activity for the sector is crucial to global economic recovery, according to Italian Tourism Minister Massimo Garavaglia.<\/p>\r\n A virtual gathering, the first such meeting under the Italian presidency of the forum, backed efforts for safe mobility, coordinating with initiatives including the European Union\u2019s Digital Green Certificate. That document will show the bearer has been fully vaccinated, has immunity via recovery, or recently tested negative.<\/p>\r\n Garavaglia told a press conference in Rome that he had requested, and obtained from European Union Commissioner Thierry Breton, a commitment to accelerate introduction of the EU green certificate as much as possible. \u201cTourism will be the key to recovery once the pandemic is defeated,\u201d Garavaglia said.<\/p>\r\n