现在要去安提瓜和巴布达旅行有什么了解
经过Joe Pike/疾病控制中心(CDC)命令要求旅行者在6月12日正式撤销飞往美国的飞行之前,在登机前往美国之前进行阴性Covid-19测试结果。
这一消息,再加上安提瓜已经重新释放的共同协议,使旅游委员会官员和旅行社对安提瓜和巴布达的销售潜力感到兴奋。
“The fact that we are not requiring passengers to be vaccinated to enter the destination, along with our relaxed travel protocols, we have seen an uptick in our passenger arrivals numbers,” said Dean Fenton, U.S. director for the Antigua & Barbuda Tourism Authority.
他指出:“此外,我们所有开放的酒店都必须与我们的出租车一起认证。
Travel Market Report (TMR) recently spoke to some top Caribbean travel specialists to see what traveling to Antigua and Barbuda during the pandemic has been like and if they expect the island’s business to grow significantly after the recent change to U.S. protocols.
Here’s what they had to say.
芝加哥Profravel International的顾问斯蒂芬·斯科特(Stephen Scott)说:“由于取消了限制,我们已经看到了对安提瓜的要求的增加。透明
除了认证酒店和其他住宿,健康和旅游当局还认证了许多休闲活动。
每个经过认证的机构或个人提供的住宿,服务和/或活动,都必须拥有有效的证书,表明COVID-19协议培训。
Air passengers will not need to get tested and show a negative COVID-19 test result, nor show documentation of recovery from COVID-19, prior to boarding a flight to the United States, regardless of vaccination status or citizenship.
“I hope everyone is super stoked about the recent news that we do not have to test anymore to get back into the U.S.A.,” said Amanda Bisack, the founder of Travelista Travels in New York. “I know that has been game-changing for myself and my clients.”
But even before the testing mandate was lifted, Bisack and her clients were traveling to Antigua with little to complain about.
她说:“我实际上是在2021年6月去的安提瓜,除了那个岛上的宵禁,这很烦人,但可以理解,我真的没有看到我上次在那里的巨大变化。
“Antigua is a calmer, chill, and more spread-out island, so visiting during COVID really didn’t seem that much different to me,” Bisack continued. “They did put a hold on their Shirley Heights party, which was a bummer to miss, but I am happy to say that the party is back on and better than ever.”
在达拉斯(Dallas)的Legacy Travel的顾问Terrah Van Meter也很久以前就将客户送往Antigua。
“I was sending a lot of couples to Antigua during COVID because they were gladly welcoming Americans,” she said, “and it was easy for Americans to travel there unlike most of the world at the time.”
那么,在隐私和社会疏远比以往任何时候都重要的时候,客户现在在安提瓜寻找哪种类型的住宿?
斯科特说:“我们发送给安提瓜的最新客户留在别墅里,这似乎是奢侈品客户的最佳方法,因为私密性,控制权的水平和可根据需要到海滩的途径。”“预订目的地并不是麻烦,我希望大多数其他豪华旅行顾问都是如此。”
Agents should note, however, that the CDC’s order requiring proof of vaccination for noncitizen nonimmigrants to travel to the United States is still in effect.
到达安提瓜的乘客无需完全接种疫苗即可进入安提瓜和巴布达,但如果未接种疫苗,则必须显示出阴性的共同测试。
完全接种疫苗的到达乘客不需要出示PCR/快速抗原测试的阴性结果,以便进入该国。
对于短途旅行,可能需要根据旅行进行疫苗接种证明。顾问应在客户旅行前与旅行操作员联系。
Unvaccinated minors between the ages of five and 18 years old must present a negative certified RT-PCR result taken no more than three days or a rapid antigen test taken no more than 24 hours prior to arrival in Antigua and Barbuda.
Unvaccinated minors who are not staying at a certified resort/accommodation may be required to quarantine at home for a period of 10 to 14 days. Children below the age of five entering Antigua and Barbuda do not require a COVID-19 RT-PCR test.
此客户从安提瓜岛和巴布达ies that require a negative COVID-19 RT-PCR test result or antigen test be shown on arrival can arrange to have the RT-PCR test or antigen test performed at the Mount St. John’s Medical Centre (MSJMC).
Hotels also offer the RT-PCR Test and the rapid antigen test. Agents should note that this varies by hotel.
在该物业提供测试的酒店包括卡莱尔湾度假村,Cocobay度假村,窗帘布拉夫度假村,厨房湾度假村和水疗中心,吊床湾,朱比湾湾,珍比湾岛,冬宫湾等等。
Although the price and time before the results are ready vary among hotels, Hermitage Bay’s rapid test cost is $124 per person, and the turnaround time is roughly 45 minutes, said Van Meter.
“The key thoughts from customers have been that the island's beauty and safety were paramount to why they wanted to travel there,” said Scott. “It's seen as a safe destination to travel to, and not a standard option that everyone has been to.”
12月的新精品店开业
一家新的49套套房精品酒店Moon Gate Antigua,被称为“赤脚美容胜地”,定于12月开业。
The all-inclusive hotel includes a spa, 28 standard suites, 14 premium suites with a plunge pool and seven one-bedroom penthouse suites with a plunge pool.
All of the hotel’s suites offer freehold title and optional rental pool inclusion for all property owners. Property owners have access to the same wide range of amenities as hotel guests do.