报告:美国结束Covid-19-19
经过丹尼尔·麦卡锡(Daniel McCarthy)/
在进入或重新进入美国之前multiple reports citing administration officials on Friday morning。
预计白宫将在周五下午进行正式宣布,但根据报道,测试要求将于周日上午12:01结束。
这一消息结束了最后剩下的Covid-19时代旅行限制之一,负担了美国旅游行业。自2021年1月以来,这一要求就已经到位,即使有其他限制,也对出国旅行的美国人仍然是一个重大障碍。尽管如此,包括英国,德国和加拿大在内的其他主要国家都取消了类似的要求。
The requirement was largely seen as a major drag on the travel industry’s recovery, muting its way back from the pandemic lows despite overwhelming consumer demand for travel. International travel, which is typically the most profitable segment for the travel agency community, was hurt the most.
Major voices across the travel industry continued to push for the removal of the requirement over the past few months, with some calls going back to January. In May, the largest, and most comprehensive, group of travel industry voices joined together to push the White House to remove the requirement.
“我们鼓励政府迅速终止接种疫苗的航空旅行者的入站测试要求,“这封信来自大型航空公司as Delta Air Lines and United Airlines, the largest hotel companies in the world including BWH, Hyatt, Marriott, and Wyndham, and others like Disney Parks, MGM Resorts, Universal Parks and Resorts, said。
美国旅行顾问协会(ASTA)还与立法者合作,试图找到解决该问题的解决方案,并且使其知道其成员如何受到要求的影响。
有关影响的旅行顾问
旅行顾问和旅行社所有者最近与TMR讲话说,, even with the testing requirement being wound down abroad, the return test had proved to be a sticky point for their clients.
华盛顿特区Travelwise International的团队首席经理兼豪华旅行顾问Keisha Adriano本周对TMR表示:“入站测试要求仍然是旅行者的主要威慑力量之一,不确定性影响了旅行需求。”
“人们已经担心成本和通货膨胀率上升,现在是第二次猜测之旅,担心这可能会花费他们比最初预期的要多。复仇旅行在这里,但确实针对可以吸收额外费用的家庭。”她说。
Jill Labare, vice president of business development with Oasis Travel Network, also told TMR that clients were hesitant to leave the U.S. by plane because of “fear they can’t return as planned or need to incur additional expenses” and that from her perspective, the testing requirements are nonsensical.
该要求“正在抑制旅行,并对主要是小型企业主的旅行顾问产生负面影响。Labare补充说,除了客户愿意在美国以外的情况下旅行时,除了额外的工作外,这也给旅行顾问带来了很大的压力。”