Covid, USA reopen to tourists: boom in bookings

After 604 days of closure determined by Covid, the United States is again open to vaccinated international travelers. New York, the cities of Florida, Miami and Orlando, and California, Los Angeles and San Francisco are the American tourist destinations that are receiving the most bookings as of today. This is what emerges from the data of Travelport, the booking portal, according to which the levels of travel reservations for and within the US reached 70% of pre-pandemic levels. Airlines have already registered a peak in bookings and are already expecting a sharp increase in departures today: United Airlines said it expects more than 50% of international travelers today than last week, and Delta also expects a net Flight ticket site Hopper reported that searches for international tickets to the US have more than quadrupled since the Biden administration in September announced that travel restrictions would be lifted today 20 months ago.