American isolation will end. From Monday, November 8, if they are vaccinated, citizens of the European Union will again be able to travel to the United States, indicate The echoes. A first since March 2020 for Europeans. Citizens of UK, Ireland, China, India, South Africa, Brazil and Iran will also be allowed under the same conditions.
If, as in France, the United States saved the furniture of the travel sector by national tourism as well as internal business trips, the shock was severe. According to the US National Transportation Safety Agency (US TSA), attendance at US airports was -25% in August and September, compared to the same months in 2019.
Long regain. A situation that shook the hotel, restaurant and transport sectors (taxis, aviation, etc.), particularly in cities where tourism was important on both coasts of the United States. As proof, in New York, the financial controller of the city denoted a deficit of 1.2 million rooms in September, compared to 2019. That is more than a third less.
Sign that the recovery will be long and that the Covid-19 crisis will leave traces: the forecasts of US Travel, which represents companies. For business travel, the level of activity of 2019 should not be recovered … before 2024 at least. This summer, a report by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) and the World Tourism Organization estimated that, over the years 2020 and 2021, the collapse of global tourism could lead to one more loss. of $ 4 trillion.
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