The halt to the 18-month ban on travel from 33 countries, including members of the European Union, China, Iran, South Africa, Brazil and India, could help rejuvenate a U.S. tourism industry that has been crippled by the pandemic. The industry suffered a $500 billion loss in travel expenditures in 2020, according to the U.S. Travel Association, a trade group that promotes travel to and within the United States.
Foreign travelers will need to show proof of vaccination before boarding and a negative coronavirus test within three days of coming to the United States, Jeffrey D. Zients, the White House pandemic coordinator, said on Monday. Unvaccinated Americans who want to travel home from overseas will have to clear stricter testing requirements. They will need to test negative for the coronavirus one day before traveling to the United States and show proof that they have bought a test to take after arriving in the United States, Mr. Zients said.
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U.S. to Lift Pandemic Travel Restrictions, Easing Tension With Europe - The New York Times
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9/23/21
4/8/21
Coronavirus: Netherlands Extends Travel Ban Until May 15
The Netherlands’ government has decided to extend the advice against travelling abroad for its citizens, until May 15, after taking into account the current infection rate of the Coronavirus in foreign countries.
The decision is an additional preventive measure imposed by the Dutch government to avoid travelling during the Easter holidays, SchengenVisaInfo.com reports.
In addition, the country’s administration has also decided to extend its restrictive measures after a rise in the number of COVID-19 infections.
Read more at: Netherlands Extends Travel Ban Until May 15 - SchengenVisaInfo.com
The decision is an additional preventive measure imposed by the Dutch government to avoid travelling during the Easter holidays, SchengenVisaInfo.com reports.
In addition, the country’s administration has also decided to extend its restrictive measures after a rise in the number of COVID-19 infections.
Read more at: Netherlands Extends Travel Ban Until May 15 - SchengenVisaInfo.com
6/30/20
Travel restrictions: US left out as European Union reopens borders to 15 countries
The 27-member bloc
gave approval on Tuesday to leisure or business travel from 14
countries beyond its borders, the Council of the EU, which represents EU
governments, said in a statement.
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US left out as European Union reopens borders to 15 countries
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US left out as European Union reopens borders to 15 countries
5/17/20
Travelers Ban: The Netherlands extends its ban on foreign travellers to June 15
The Netherlds extended its ban to travelers from outside the EU, including Britain to June 15
The Netherlands has
extended its ban on people travelling to the country from outside Europe
and the UK until June 15.
The ban, which was imposed on March 18, applies to all but urgent
travel, although there are some exceptions.
Diplomatic and NGO staff, medical staff and lorry drivers may continue
to enter the Netherlands, as well as foreign nationals with residency
cards or long stay visas, the guidelines state.
Read more at DutchNews.nl:
Read more at DutchNews.nl:
The Netherlands has
extended its ban on people travelling to the country from outside Europe
and the UK until June 15.
The ban, which was imposed on March 18, applies to all but urgent
travel, although there are some exceptions.
Diplomatic and NGO staff, medical staff and lorry drivers may continue
to enter the Netherlands, as well as foreign nationals with residency
cards or long stay visas, the guidelines state.
Read more at DutchNews.nl:
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3/28/20
U.S.-Europe Travel Ban: The Most Impacted Airlines, Countries And Airport Hubs In Trump’s Fight Against Coronavirus - by Will Horton
Aviation’s most important international market, travel between Europe
and North America, will be severely impacted, at least in the
short-term, from U.S. President Donald Trump’s announcement of a 30-day restriction on travel between the U.S. and most of Europe. The measure is an effort to limit the spread of coronavirus in the U.S.
The restriction applies to foreign nationals who, within the last 14 days, have been to one of the 26 countries in the Schengen Area, a European bloc with open border agreements. The United Kingdom and Ireland are not part of Schengen, and are so far excluded from the restrictions. There was initial confusion of the details due to conflicting information between President Trump, his aides and other government departments.
U.S. citizens, and others with exemptions, can continue travel but
will be re-directed through certain U.S. airports, as has been done for
passengers from Mainland China and Iran.
Aviation will be directly impacted from passengers unable to travel, and indirectly affected as the travel restriction sends negative connotations and sees consumers lose market confidence.
The situation is dynamic, in its early days, and difficult to precisely predict. Airlines were already taking different measures on trans-Atlantic flight capacity with changes being rolled out or evaluated in headquarters. The flow of passengers between the U.S. and Europe is not easily delineated. Europe’s strong international airlines and airport hubs mean that Ireland and the U.K., exempt from the ban, will be impacted as passengers use those countries to connect between the U.S. and other European destinations. The Netherlands, which is covered in the ban, has passengers transfer between the U.K. and U.S. Canada is also a hub.
Countries most impacted: Germany, France and Netherlands. The U.K., which is exempt from the ban, is the single largest European market from the U.S., accounting for 31% of flights – 137 a day carrying 31,000 passengers in April 2019. This is almost as big as the next three largest countries combined: Germany (13%), France (11%), and the Netherlands (9%) for a total of 33% or 143 flights a day carrying 35,000 passengers.
The ban directly impacts 266 daily flights from Europe to the U.S. Indirect impacts will affect 173 other daily flights to the U.S. from European countries not covered by the ban, mainly the U.K. as well as Ireland, which had 5-6% of flights and passengers.
Read more at: U.S.-Europe Travel Ban: The Most Impacted Airlines, Countries And Airport Hubs In Trump’s Fight Against Coronavirus
The restriction applies to foreign nationals who, within the last 14 days, have been to one of the 26 countries in the Schengen Area, a European bloc with open border agreements. The United Kingdom and Ireland are not part of Schengen, and are so far excluded from the restrictions. There was initial confusion of the details due to conflicting information between President Trump, his aides and other government departments.
U.S. citizens, and others with exemptions, can continue travel but
will be re-directed through certain U.S. airports, as has been done for
passengers from Mainland China and Iran.Aviation will be directly impacted from passengers unable to travel, and indirectly affected as the travel restriction sends negative connotations and sees consumers lose market confidence.
The situation is dynamic, in its early days, and difficult to precisely predict. Airlines were already taking different measures on trans-Atlantic flight capacity with changes being rolled out or evaluated in headquarters. The flow of passengers between the U.S. and Europe is not easily delineated. Europe’s strong international airlines and airport hubs mean that Ireland and the U.K., exempt from the ban, will be impacted as passengers use those countries to connect between the U.S. and other European destinations. The Netherlands, which is covered in the ban, has passengers transfer between the U.K. and U.S. Canada is also a hub.
Countries most impacted: Germany, France and Netherlands. The U.K., which is exempt from the ban, is the single largest European market from the U.S., accounting for 31% of flights – 137 a day carrying 31,000 passengers in April 2019. This is almost as big as the next three largest countries combined: Germany (13%), France (11%), and the Netherlands (9%) for a total of 33% or 143 flights a day carrying 35,000 passengers.
The ban directly impacts 266 daily flights from Europe to the U.S. Indirect impacts will affect 173 other daily flights to the U.S. from European countries not covered by the ban, mainly the U.K. as well as Ireland, which had 5-6% of flights and passengers.
Read more at: U.S.-Europe Travel Ban: The Most Impacted Airlines, Countries And Airport Hubs In Trump’s Fight Against Coronavirus
3/12/20
EU-US Reelations: Coronavirus: Chaos Follows Trump's European Travel Ban; EU Says It Wasn't Warned - by Bill Chappell
"The EU disapproves of the fact that the U.S. decision to impose a
travel ban was taken unilaterally and without consultation," the heads
of the European Union said Thursday, expressing their displeasure with
President Trump's plan to block visitors from 26 European countries from
entering the United States.
"The Coronavirus is a global crisis and requires cooperation," the EU leaders said.
European Council President Charles Michel and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen spoke out Thursday, the morning after Trump abruptly announced his 30-day ban — rattling an already-shaken travel industry and creating new uncertainty among travelers in both the U.S. and Europe. The United Kingdom is exempt from the ban.
Complicating matters further, Trump left many people scrambling to learn the extent of the ban, which takes effect at midnight Friday. The White House later said the ban applies only to foreign nationals who have been in Europe's open-border Schengen Area.
Note EU-Digest: the flagrant incompetence of the US Donald Trump Administration is very apparent in this totally confusing decision to block EU travelers entering the USA . By excluding Great Britain and Ireland from this ban it also shows that this decision has very little to do with the infectious Coronavirus disease. instead has all to do with protecting Donald Trumps Golf Course Resorts in Britain and Ireland. Hopefully the EU leadership will take aggressive counter action to counter this totally unnecessary and costly action by the Trump Administration. As a European parliamentarian said "the Trump Administration better get their Corona Virus testing program, which so far has been a total failure,with only 11.000 Americans tested operational, before they create more chaos around the world".
Read more at: Coronavirus: Chaos Follows Trump's European Travel Ban; EU Says It Wasn't Warned | Maine Public
"The Coronavirus is a global crisis and requires cooperation," the EU leaders said.
European Council President Charles Michel and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen spoke out Thursday, the morning after Trump abruptly announced his 30-day ban — rattling an already-shaken travel industry and creating new uncertainty among travelers in both the U.S. and Europe. The United Kingdom is exempt from the ban.
Complicating matters further, Trump left many people scrambling to learn the extent of the ban, which takes effect at midnight Friday. The White House later said the ban applies only to foreign nationals who have been in Europe's open-border Schengen Area.
Note EU-Digest: the flagrant incompetence of the US Donald Trump Administration is very apparent in this totally confusing decision to block EU travelers entering the USA . By excluding Great Britain and Ireland from this ban it also shows that this decision has very little to do with the infectious Coronavirus disease. instead has all to do with protecting Donald Trumps Golf Course Resorts in Britain and Ireland. Hopefully the EU leadership will take aggressive counter action to counter this totally unnecessary and costly action by the Trump Administration. As a European parliamentarian said "the Trump Administration better get their Corona Virus testing program, which so far has been a total failure,with only 11.000 Americans tested operational, before they create more chaos around the world".
Read more at: Coronavirus: Chaos Follows Trump's European Travel Ban; EU Says It Wasn't Warned | Maine Public
9/15/17
Muslim Travel Ban: Trump uses London terror attack to promote his 'Muslim ban' - by Emily Shugerman
Donald Trump has used the latest terrorist attack in London to promote his beleaguered travel ban on residents of six Musl
“Another attack in London by a loser terrorist,” the President
tweeted, hours after an improvised explosive device detonated in the
London subway system.
He added: “The travel ban into the United States should be far larger, tougher and more specific – but stupidly, that would not be politically correct!”
Later, in an appearance at the White House Rose Garden, Mr Trump said the country must be “smarter” when it comes to terrorism.
“It’s a terrible thing,” he said of the London attack. “It keeps going and going, and we have to be very smart and we have to be very, very tough – perhaps we’re not nearly tough enough.”
The US Supreme Court allowed a partial version of Mr Trump’s ban to be implemented in June. The ban has been plagued with legal challenges since its inception, with many claiming it amounts to an unconstitutional ban on Muslims.
Read more: Trump uses London terror attack to promote his 'Muslim ban' | The Independent
He added: “The travel ban into the United States should be far larger, tougher and more specific – but stupidly, that would not be politically correct!”
Later, in an appearance at the White House Rose Garden, Mr Trump said the country must be “smarter” when it comes to terrorism.
“It’s a terrible thing,” he said of the London attack. “It keeps going and going, and we have to be very smart and we have to be very, very tough – perhaps we’re not nearly tough enough.”
The US Supreme Court allowed a partial version of Mr Trump’s ban to be implemented in June. The ban has been plagued with legal challenges since its inception, with many claiming it amounts to an unconstitutional ban on Muslims.
Read more: Trump uses London terror attack to promote his 'Muslim ban' | The Independent
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