Publish Time:2021-07-16 11:19:37Source:Breaking Travel News
【Introduction】:The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has called on states to follow new guidance on travel from the World Health Organisation (WHO).
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has called on states to follow new guidance on travel from the World Health Organisation (WHO).
The guidance recommends a “risk-based approach” to implementing measures related to Covid-19 and international travel.
Specifically, WHO recommended that governments:
“These common sense, risk-based recommendations from WHO, if followed by states, will allow for international air travel to resume while minimizing the chance of importing Covid-19.
“As the WHO notes - and as the latest UK testing data proves - international travellers are not a high-risk group in terms of Covid-19.
“Out of 1.65 million tests carried out on arriving international passengers in the UK since February, only 1.4 per cent were positive for Covid-19.
“It’s long past time for governments to incorporate data into risk-based decision-making process for re-opening borders,” said Willie Walsh, IATA director general.
WHO also called on states to communicate “in a timely and adequate manner” any changes to international health-related measures and requirements.
“Consumers face a maze of confusing, uncoordinated and fast-changing border entry rules that discourage them from traveling, causing economic hardship across those employed in the travel and tourism sector.
“According to our latest passenger survey, 70 per cent of recent travellers thought the rules were a challenge to understand,” said Walsh.
Additionally, WHO encouraged states to look at bilateral, multilateral, and regional agreements, particularly among neighbouring counties, “with the aim of facilitating the recovery of key socioeconomic activities” including tourism, for which international travel plays a vital role.
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