As the fast-spreading new variant of COVID-19, Omicron, prompts nations to tighten air travel regulations, fliers and travel companies are left in the lurch.
Due to the high transmissibility of the new strain, all major nations — including the United States, the United Kingdom, European Union nations, Gulf and ASEAN countries, among others — that record a high turnout of Indian fliers have imposed new restrictions for international fliers.
Consequently, travel companies like Cleartrip and ixigo are witnessing an uptick in passenger queries on new testing and quarantine rules and possibilities of travel bans by other countries, a report by The Economic Times said on Tuesday.
“We have seen a spurt in queries on international travel over the last few days,” Prahlad Krishnamurti, chief business officer at travel portal Cleartrip, was quoted as saying by ET.
The emergence of the new variant has come at the time of peak of tourist season around the world. A large number of people from…