How U.S. Travel Policies Change in the Biden-Harris Era
Photo Credit: Joseph Biden and Kamala Harris take office officially on Wednesday as U.S. president and vice president, with much of the travel industry waiting in anticipation of new policies. Wikimedia
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On day one, travel executives will see policies from White House that will give them renewed hope that the world will be more open and soon safer from a deadly pandemic. Four contentious years will be in the past and a steadiness returned from which to rebuild a devastated industry.
U.S. travel executives will watch with hope along with the rest of the world at noon Wednesday as Joe Biden and Kamala Harris assume the office of president and vice president of the United States. The official swearing in will mark the end of four long years of Donald Trump that left the travel industry frustrated and even baffled by stifling policies.
Things get better immediately, as President Biden will overturn Trump's ban from Muslim-majority countries through executive order just hours after the inauguration. But that's just one reason travel executives are hopeful. The new 117th Congress sharing the same party-majority party as the president means policies impacting travel should not face the same familiar partisan bottlenecks.
Biden's $1.9 trillion injection plan for the U.S. economy to battle the impact of the pandemic will provide assistance to businesses and consumers, providing a lift to gross domestic product that is certain to benefit the travel sector.
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