The tourism economy begins to reactivate: the United States makes more flexible conditions for its citizens to travel

Americans will once again be able to plan their vacations outside the country, with the flexibility that the government will make to the restrictions that it had on its citizens to travel

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After almost half of the US population is vaccinated against COVID – 19, Joe Biden’s government has begun to relax the recommendations and controls so that its citizens can travel to various countries in Europe, North America, Latin America, among others.

Stand out among the 60 countries that are beginning to be reviewed: such as Spain, France, Germany, Greece; Canada, Mexico, South Korea and Singapore.

This was reported in a statement US citizens, based on methodology changes from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

Those countries that have gone from level 4 of recommendation (do not travel) to level 3 that implies reconsidering the trip. Although level 3 (high risk) implies that you can only travel if you have the full doses of the vaccine.

For Europe it is important that the United States relax the restrictions that were had for more than a year, at the beginning of the pandemic.

In fact the European Union has come forward by announcing that travelers from the United States fully vaccinated against COVID – 19, they can travel to the old continent. Therefore, a reciprocal measure is expected from President Joe Biden.

The Biden government has been cautious in controlling the pandemic and attached to science will be that Decisions on travel restrictions may change.

During the pandemic, the price that tourism trade had to pay was high enough , not only tourism American but the World Cup. 320, 000 million dollars is the total amount of the losses due to the mandatory stoppage suffered by tourism worldwide.

In the United States, during the year 2020 the economy contracted by 3.5% annually, the lowest level it has had since the crisis of 1946. For some states the price to pay was higher than in others, for example, New York the impact on the loss of tourists reached a 67%, namely 44 millions of tourists stopped receiving the Big Apple. While the state of Florida, lost almost the 40% of its tourists.

In Europe, countries like Spain, tourism fell so much that there is talk of having regressed to same level of tourists that it received in 1990. And although this year they expect a positive recovery, they are only talking about 40% in expectations of reactivating tourism.

Therefore, the United States begins to relax its Restrictions for the exit of Americans, opens a door to the reactivation in this area of ​​the tourism trade. Tourism is considered the third largest export sector in the world economy.

Among the risk groups, there are even countries that will leave the group 3 to go to group 2, which means moderate risk. Within this group are: El Salvador, Barbados, Kenya, Angola, etc.

East The theme of easing is propitious precisely in the week in which the US president has traveled to the United Kingdom, within the framework of the G7 Summit, where in addition awaits the announcement of the donation from 500 million doses of COVID vaccines – 19 to the countries most in need. As part of a plan to end the pandemic.