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A July 4 full reopening to international visitors is what U.S. tourism and aviation groups pushed President Biden on today, plus no mandatory Covid entry test for vaccinated travelers. But reopening sooner than later could be risky amid Covid spikes in other countries.
The U.S. Travel Association, alongside 26 organizations from the tourism and aviation side, including the American Hotel & Lodging Association, the International Air Transport Association and the U.S. Tour Operators Association, urged the Biden administration on Monday to implement “a risk-based, data-driven roadmap” to lift all remaining international entry bans into the U.S..
What's more, the groups want the White House to adopt a clear plan on travel restrictions going forward by May 1 so the summer travel season is not lost.
Part of what they are recommending
