Travel Associations Call for an End to COVID Travel Restrictions
With the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) lifting many COVID protocols this past week such as masking guidelines, many travel associations are calling on the Biden Administration to lift travel-related procedures and protocols for the United States as well.
Per Travel Agent Central; the United States Travel Association, American Hotel and Lodging Association, Airlines for America, and the United States Chamber of Commerce have joined forces to have the Administration to lift travel-related COVID restrictions in an effort to boost the United States’ Hospitality and Tourism industry and “normalize travel conditions.”
These travel associations feel now is the right time to ease these restrictions with “declining hospitalization rates, increased immunity, widely available vaccines and cutting-edge treatments on the horizon.”
The main requirements these associations are looking for the Biden Administration to repeal are:
- COVID testing requirements for the fully-vaccinated upon re-entering the United States
- Mask mandate on public transportation such as airplanes
- An end to “avoid travel” and travel bans to other countries while working with other destinations outside the United States to “create cohesive entry requirements, develop benchmarks and timelines for a pathway to ‘the new normal’ and repealing pandemic-focused travel restrictions.”
In addition, these travel trade groups would like to see the federal government promote that it is safe for Americans to travel again, especially those who are vaccinated.
In the event of a new COVID variant and/or an increase in hospitalizations, these travel trade groups agree that reinstating some COVID-related travel protocols if needed until numbers begin to decline again.
These groups stated, It is now time for the administration to lead the country towards a new normal for travel and on a faster path to a full and even economic recovery.”
Pre-pandemic, travel was the largest service-based import sector of the United States’ economy. However, it has been one of the slowest to return to those levels compared to other sectors of the economy. The travel trade groups are hoping with the Biden Administration and help from the federal government repealing many of these COVID-related travel restrictions, that will soon change.
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