ASTA:入站测试规则仍然是完全旅行恢复的最大障碍
经过丹尼尔·麦卡锡(Daniel McCarthy)/
This week, the travel industry took another step towards its full return to normal, albeit one that still carries some uncertainty, when a federal judge ruled on Monday ruled against the federal mask mandate, and the White House, shortly after, said it would no longer enforce it while it is under review.
On Wednesday, the Department of Justice said it would appeal the decision疾病控制与预防中心(CDC)要求这样做之后。不过,本周旅行者在多数情况下, were able to shed their masks if they chose to. But, even with that change, there is room to go for the travel industry.
The American Society of Travel Advisors (ASTA) this week emphasized that, even with the lifting of the mandate, the biggest barrier to full recovery of international travel remains—the inbound testing rule.
阿斯塔(Asta)周五赞扬了一个由16名国会议员组成的两党组的推动力,以放弃接种疫苗的旅行者规则,它说的不仅与科学共识相一致,而且还可以允许“巡回行业的康复开始。”
That group is led by Representative Lou Correa (D-CA) and includes names from both sides of the aisle.
“与各种运输形式有关的面具授权的当前来回命令未能使商标和掩盖造成的非常真实的政策阻止了国际旅行。ASTA总裁兼首席执行官Zane Kerby在一份声明中说:“要求美国人在从国外返回家园之前测试负面的是需要立即逆转的公共政策。”
“数以百万计的美国人每天乘飞机旅行。那些国际旅行的人冒着隔离国外的风险,并在多个外国的官僚主义和不断变化的大流行规则中行驶。结果,美国人正在延迟或只是取消国际旅行,再次确保旅行将成为最后一次从大流行中恢复的行业。”
根据ASTA的说法,这一变化是一种“常识”变化,它将与包括英国,欧盟,加拿大和澳大利亚在内的其他主要出站市场进行的变化相匹配。”
“目前的政策还给人留下了一个错误的印象,即美国以外的旅行总是比美国境内的旅行更大的企业风险洛杉矶没有?
“A multitude of these forward-thinking foreign governments have already removed their inbound testing requirement, and the U.S. should do the same.”
“Exempting the more than 218 million Americans who are fully vaccinated from the order would reflect the scientific consensus that widespread vaccination is the single most essential element of the fight against COVID-19 while allowing the travel industry’s recovery to begin in earnest,” Kerby said.