Italian lockdown

yes, I get it in his case. We certainly have no intention of cancelling our yearly trip to Tuscany- let's hope we can drive as usual.

So far no problem at all with Tuscany- why cancel?

annsixty has explained that it is his firm that have banned all foreign travel.

Nope! Can't think of any reason why anyone would not want to go to Tuscany. Apart from the fact that 'As a precautionary measure, museums, theatres and all places subject to crowding are closed.'

So far no problem at all with Tuscany- why cancel?

They have to try to put the brakes on transmission, if anything they are late in taking this action. In fact its what the government here should be doing.

It seems chaotic and can't see this achieving anything other than blind panic. They should try and keep things working normally or society will break down.

The government have said that people can come home or complete their holidays? How can people do that with the region in lockdown? They have no policy and no one has thought this through. People returning over the next couple of weeks and some will certainly be infected. Isolation? Advice? Sing happy birthday?

My SiL ,who is separated from his family, had booked a villa in Tuscany for his partner , his C both young adults, and himself in August.
He lives abroad on a smallish Island and his firm have banned any foreign travel for the foreseeable future as being a small place ,if someone contracts the virus and takes it back it could spread very quickly .
He has postponed the holiday until next year.
Life as we know it is going to get very difficult.

All this may happen here as only last week we were looking in disbelief at their panic buying and self isolation!

Blue sapphire, that seems very unfair, of course they won't advise against travel as they will have to pay. They should just postpone until things return to normal, which they will.

I have a holiday booked in Lombardy next month. No travel restrictions from the Foreign office yet, and apparently planes still flying in and out of the region. If I cancel I will lose the whole price of the holiday; at the moment the advice is to wait and see, but I will be contacting the tour company and see what they say.

Apparently it involves 16 million people, a quarter of the population. That's some lockdown.

Lombardia is not the whole of Northern Italy btw.

And yes, it seems many border workers who work in tourism in Switzerland have stayed over- so again ...