When will international tourism be fully open?

Since the outbreak of COVID-19 at the end of 20 19, all countries have implemented strict entry measures to different degrees in order to combat the virus. Nowadays, with the improvement of the epidemic and the accumulation of experience in fighting the epidemic, many countries, such as Southeast Asian countries, have announced the reopening of their borders. ? The reporter from Huashang Daily learned that Thailand and Malaysia no longer need quarantine when they enter the country from April 1 day, and they can pass freely after their nucleic acid tests are negative. Singapore has simplified entry procedures from March 15, so that passengers entering from low-risk countries and regions through vaccination channels can be quickly detected without isolation. From March 17, Cambodia officially resumed visa on arrival. Inbound passengers do not need to show negative COVID-19 test certificate, but only need to provide vaccination certificate. At the same time, European and American countries have gradually loosened their policies. Britain announced that it would lift all entry restrictions on COVID-19 from March 6th, 2008. After that, all inbound passengers, whether they have been vaccinated with COVID-19 vaccine or not, do not need to be tested and quarantined. From April, Canada will cancel the COVID-19 test report of passengers who have completed the whole course of pneumonia vaccine vaccination, and there is no need to isolate them while waiting for sampling inspection. On the whole, with the effective control of the epidemic and the implementation of universal vaccination, relaxing restrictions has become a trend.

■ The first major adjustment of epidemic prevention measures in China will shorten the time for returning to China.

Looking back at China, the "spring breeze" about entry and exit in China is also constant. On March 6th, 2005, the National Health Commission issued the ninth edition of COVID-19's diagnosis and treatment plan, which was the first major adjustment of China's epidemic prevention policy since the outbreak of the epidemic. Among them, the most worrying thing is that nucleic acid Ct value greater than 35 is no longer counted as positive; Mild patients do not need to be hospitalized; The isolation period 14 days after discharge was changed to 7 days of home health examination. Compared with the previous policy, it is undoubtedly good news for returnees, the probability of flight fuse is reduced, and the number of days to return to China will be shortened accordingly. In addition to the newly adjusted epidemic prevention policy, the success of the Beijing Winter Olympics once again proved the effectiveness of international epidemic prevention in China. On this basis, the voice of opening up international tourism continues to come. At the "two sessions", a representative of the National People's Congress put forward the idea of "piloting organized group outbound tourism". We can choose some qualified, high-quality travel agencies with a good foundation for epidemic prevention and control, and constantly improve the tourism security system in epidemic areas to ensure that it is "preventable, controllable, predictable and traceable". In terms of inbound tourism, Huang Xihua, deputy to the National People's Congress, member of the Standing Committee of Huizhou Municipal Committee and Minister of Propaganda Department, suggested that "Zhoushan Island, Chongming Island, Hainan Island and other islands can be selected as pilot projects for international tourism revitalization, giving the pilot inbound and outbound tourism policies the autonomy to try first, and on this basis, build a long-term mechanism for the revitalization of inbound and outbound tourism." Wang Yi, State Councilor and Minister of Foreign Affairs, also said recently that the "Healthy Travel Plan" will be launched this year, and an enhanced version of the International Travel Health Certificate will be issued to help safe, healthy and convenient international travel. It is worth noting that the World Tourism Economic Trend Report (2022) jointly issued by the World Tourism Cities Federation and the China Academy of Social Sciences shows that the global tourism industry will gradually recover in 2022, and the total number of global tourists and total income will return to nearly 70% before the epidemic. The United States and Europe will be the two regions with the fastest recovery of tourism economy.