美国旅游运营商在入站测试要求结束后看到繁荣
经过丹尼尔·麦卡锡(Daniel McCarthy)/
The newslast week that the United States would drop its inbound testing requirement,这是美国旅行者的最后剩下的共同限制之一,引起了旅行行业的掌声,包括from advisors, who were anxiously awaiting the boost in business.
Tour operators speaking to TMR this week said that they have also seen a significant positive impact from the announcement, with travelers who wanted to vacation internationally almost immediately picking up the phone and others shifting from domestic to international destinations.
A spokesperson for Collette told TMR that the tour operator was “thrilled” to see the testing requirement lifted. In the two-and-a-half days after the news broke, Collette saw a significant shift in international bookings from domestic bookings.
“(从预订的角度来看)大约有75%的业务用于国际旅行,其中一半以上是这个日历年!显然,很高兴在2022年旅行的客人正在等待这最后的要求被放弃。”发言人说。
Steve Born, the CMO at the Globus family of brands, told TMR that the news was a “clear indicator of travel confidence.”
“我们一直在等待这个受欢迎的新闻很长一段时间,并为放弃这些要求的一天感到非常兴奋!”他说。
根据Born的说法,Globus的数量已经比前一周的同一时间增长了50%以上,他称之为“非常积极的信号”。
他说:“我们知道我们的顾问合作伙伴及其客户会被这一消息解除,并将消除被视为国际旅行的主要障碍。”“我们有望帮助顾问帮助顾问满足新需求以及它对国际旅行的积极影响,包括今年夏天和秋季对Globus家族的预订受到欢迎。”
完全适合假期的运营商Avanti的首席执行官Paul Barry告诉TMR,Avanti也已经看到了“积极的影响”。
“自CDC宣布以来,顾问要求的适合旅行的报价数量有了显着增加。这个数字仍在增长 - 但是在这一点上,它比我们宣布之前收到的人数高出约15%。”他说。
根据塔克(Tauck)的首席运营官杰里米·帕尔默(Jeremy Palmer)的说法,与前三周相比,总预订率增加了近三分之一,在欧洲,“这已经飙升了三分之二”。
“对于我们的客人来说,返回测试一直是旅行的最大障碍之一,也是极大的焦虑之源。这一消息不仅使我们的客人负担重大负担 - 预订中的急剧激增证明了这一点 - 而且这是塔克(Tauck)在我们整个旅行顾问网络以及整个行业中庆祝的原因。这标志着朝着正常状态迈出的道路上的又一步。”他说。
Rosanne Zusman, the CCO from CIE Tours International, an operator that sells a lot of Ireland, along with the U.K., Italy, Iceland, and more, told TMR that spring and summer interest for international travel was already “robust” but there’s been a “difference in the tone of the calls over the past week.”
“Both travel agents and travelers are distinctly more positive about the prospect of travel and less hesitant about making a commitment to travel in 2022. Concurrently, our 2023 bookings have been brisk since product went on sale in late January and we continue to see pent-up demand resulting in long-deferred vacations becoming a reality,” she said.
Zusman说,巡回演出并没有太大变化 - 入站测试要求是让人们预订并让他们在国外感到舒适的障碍。从逻辑上讲,目的地的经验保持不变。尽管如此,乘客的态度肯定已经改变。
“乘客的心情肯定受到了这一变化的鼓舞。在酸味上结束巡回演出的幽灵不再挂在他们的头上,他们可以自由地享受假期的每一刻。”