What impact does the pneumonia epidemic have on travel?

Due to the pneumonia epidemic, many countries are now restricting domestic tourists from traveling, and some countries have set up testing at the airport. What impact will this epidemic have on tourists who want to travel abroad in the future? The specific impacts are as follows. Some flights are canceled

If you have travel plans in the next three months, be sure to pay close attention to your flights

Currently Lufthansa, Air Canada, SAS, KLM, Overseas airlines such as Delta, UA, AA, and Air France have either suspended direct flights to and from the country or reduced their flights.

Of course, this has little to do with being designated as PHEIC. The most important thing is the issue of transportation capacity (there are only a few people on a plane, are we waiting to lose money if we don’t stop flights or reduce flights?)

So there is no need to be overly nervous about the grounding of routes. They will naturally resume flying after the epidemic, and there may often be big discounts on the resumption of flights. Visa application troubles in some countries

According to the International Health Regulations (2005), if it is determined to be a PHEIC, the World Health Organization will issue a temporary recommendation, mainly for people, luggage, cargo, containers, transportation Tools, items, postal parcels, etc., one of the 18 items includes:

Carry out exit inspections and/or restrict the exit of people from affected areas.

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

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

Consular areas that were originally applicable to electronic visas, including the Far East, St. Petersburg, Leningrad Oblast, and Kaliningrad, have suspended the acceptance of Chinese tourists holding electronic visas.

The Philippines and Sri Lanka have also suspended visas on arrival for Chinese tourists, and Kazakhstan has suspended 72-hour transit visas for Chinese citizens.

Next, other new visa issues may arise.

But that’s okay, I probably won’t be going out recently anyway, and these visa issues will naturally be resolved after the epidemic.

In terms of visas, it is recommended that everyone upgrade their passports to the big devil version as soon as possible (the United States, Canada, Britain, Schengen, Japan multiple times, and Brazil or Argentina in South America), so that you can apply for visas from other countries in the future. It will be relatively easy. Strict entry and exit

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

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

I highly recommend that you go to the China Consular Service website before traveling. The entry control measures for this pneumonia epidemic will be updated from time to time.

In addition, whether you are entering or leaving the country, you need to actively fill in the entry/exit health declaration form

Fortunately, now you can fill in the health declaration directly on your mobile phone through the WeChat applet. It can be done easily. Travel may be cancelled

For travel in the past three months, be prepared for possible cancellations and changes

Travel in the entire February is definitely out of the question. What will happen next? I am also cautious about traveling for 3 months. If you have travel plans in the next 3 months, it is recommended to wait and see.

Currently, if the epidemic is severe, domestic airlines and hotel groups have relatively good cancellation and change policies. After all, the Civil Aviation Administration of China has issued regulations. However, the cancellation and change policies of foreign airlines and low-cost airlines (except Spring and Autumn Airlines) are relatively general.

In travel products, almost all large platforms and OTAs (Ctrip, Qunar, Fliggy, etc.) can provide full refunds for free, but the refund and change policies of some small and medium-sized travel agencies are average.

There is no way around it. The ability of large platforms to withstand pressure will be significantly higher than that of small and medium-sized businesses.

News just now, Fliggy has extended the refund and exchange guarantee to February 29, and covers all products. Ctrip has also upgraded its refund and exchange guarantee several times in the past few days. It would rather lose some money than allow consumers to refund everything. Special travel deals after the epidemic

Whether it is businesses or consumers, demand has been suppressed for too long because of the epidemic. I’m very optimistic that there will be a bunch of travel deals after the pandemic. Especially for resort hotels in surrounding areas, their recent occupancy rates are too bleak.

Of course, after this epidemic, I believe everyone should have a clear idea of ??which platforms are reliable for booking and which merchants are good at playing "word games". Just vote more with your feet from now on.