21 Mar 2022by Gary Noakes
Half the world’s top 50 air travel markets are now open to vaccinated travellers without quarantine or testing, Iata research has found.
A total of 25 markets representing 38% of 2019 international demand are now open without these restrictions, compared to 18 in February. In addition, 38 of the 50 are open with a testing requirement, compared to 28 last month.
Iata’s top 50 represented 88% of international demand in 2019. The organisation said its research highlighted stark regional differences, with only six of Asia Pacific’s top 16 markets open to travellers without quarantine.
Iata said: “Travel in Asia remains heavily compromised by Covid restrictions. While North American and European international traffic rebounded to -42% of their 2019 peaks last year, traffic in Asia Pacific…