What effect does pneumonia have on travel?

Because of the pneumonia epidemic, many countries now restrict domestic tourists, and some countries have set up tests at airports. What impact does this epidemic have on tourists who want to travel abroad? The specific impact is as follows.

Some flights were cancelled.

If you have a travel plan in the next 3 months, please pay close attention to your flight.

At present, Lufthansa, Air Canada, Nordic Airlines, KLM, Delta Air Lines, United Airlines, AA Airlines, Air France and other overseas airlines have either grounded their direct flights to and from China or reduced their flights.

Of course, this has little to do with PHEIC, the most important thing is the capacity (there are few people on a plane, do you keep flying or wait to lose money after work? )

Therefore, when the route is grounded, there is no need to be overly nervous. After the epidemic, you will naturally go around and often have a big sale.

Visa processing in some countries is very troublesome.

According to the International Health Regulations (2005), if it is identified as PHEIC, the World Health Organization will issue temporary recommendations, mainly for people, luggage, goods, containers, vehicles, articles and postal parcels. One of them (in 18 article) includes:

Carry out exit inspection and/or restrict the exit of people from epidemic areas.

Therefore, visas (endorsements) of some countries and regions may be affected.

As far as we know, Russia stopped electronic signature in the Far East.

Including the Far East, St. Petersburg, Leningrad and Kaliningrad, which originally applied for e-visas, and China tourists who suspended their e-visas.

The Philippines and Sri Lanka also suspended visas for China tourists on arrival, while Kazakhstan suspended 72-hour transit visas for China tourists.

Next, other new visa issues may arise.

But it doesn't matter. I shouldn't go out recently anyway. After the epidemic, these visa problems will naturally be solved.

As for visas, I suggest that you upgrade your passports to the devil's version (the United States, Canada, Britain, Schengen, Japan, South America, Brazil or Argentina) as soon as possible, so it will be relatively easy to apply for visas from other countries in the future.

Strict entrance

Within a certain period of time (once every three months, it will be cancelled at any time as the epidemic situation improves, or it may be extended appropriately), and the entry and exit of China people will be more "strict".

On the website of China Consular Service, the foreign immigration control measures related to pneumonia prevention and control have been summarized:

It is strongly recommended that you check the entry and exit control measures of this pneumonia epidemic on the China Consular Service Network before you travel, which will be updated irregularly.

In addition, whether entering or leaving the country, you need to fill in/enter the health declaration form actively.

Fortunately, now you can easily fill in the health declaration directly on your mobile phone through the small program of WeChat.

The trip may be cancelled.

Prepare for possible travel evacuation in the last three months.

The whole trip in February is definitely hopeless, and I will be careful for the next three months. If you have a travel plan in the next 3 months, it is recommended to wait and see.

At present, if the epidemic situation is serious, domestic airlines and hotel groups have better policies for returning and changing visas. After all, the Civil Aviation Administration went below. The delisting policies of foreign airlines and low-cost airlines (except in the spring and autumn) are more general.

Among tourism products, big platform, OTA (Ctrip, Qunar, Flying Pig, etc. Almost all are free refunds, but some small and medium-sized travel agencies have universal refund policies.

There is no way that the pressure resistance of large platforms will be significantly higher than that of small and medium-sized businesses.

Just now, Flying Pig has extended the refund guarantee to February 29th, covering all commodities. Ctrip has also upgraded its retirement protection several times in the past few days, preferring to pay a part to let consumers retire completely.

Travel privileges after the epidemic

The demand for this epidemic has been suppressed by businesses and consumers for too long. I am optimistic that there will be a bunch of travel specials after the epidemic. Especially the resort hotels in Zhou Bianyou, the occupancy rate is too low recently.

Of course, after this epidemic, I believe everyone should know which platforms are more reliable in booking tickets and which businesses are better at playing "word games". Vote with your feet in the future.