The World Travel and Tourism Council (WTTC) has urged governments around the world to work together to pursue a reciprocal test on departure regime to end "crippling" quarantines and revive travel.
Exonerated: Former WTTC chief executive Gloria Guevara (Credit: WTTC)
While welcoming the UK government’s new "test and release" scheme, which will allow travellers returning to England from a non-travel corridor destination to exit quarantine after five days subject to a negative Covid test, the council said the system was still not optimal for all travellers.
Acknowledging likely testing costs of £65pp to £120pp, the WTTC said this would be prohibitive, particularly for business travel.
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