“The world is largely open for travel.” - IATA
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“The world is largely open for travel,” stated Willie Walsh, Director General of the International Air Transport Association.
An IATA survey of travel restrictions for the world’s top 50 air travel markets revealed growing access available to vaccinated travelers:
- 25 markets representing 38% of 2019 international demand are open to vaccinated travelers without quarantine measures or testing requirements (up from 18 markets in mid-February).
- 38 markets representing 65% of 2019 international demand are open to vaccinated travelers with no quarantine requirements (up from 28 markets).
“As population immunity grows, more governments are managing Covid-19 through surveillance, as they do for other endemic viruses,” added Walsh, noting “Asia is the outlier.” Travel in Asia remains heavily compromised by restrictions. While North American and European international traffic rebounded to -42% of their 2019 peaks last year, traffic in Asia Pacific remained at -88%.
Even in this region, however, there has been some progress, with India and Malaysia among the countries recently announcing relaxation of restrictions.
IATA said the easing of measures reflects the growing consensus that travel restrictions such as border closures and quarantine do little to control the spread of Covid-19.
