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List of Countries Reopening Their Borders for Travel Continues to Grow

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Malls around the United States and elsewhere are opening up again, with thousands of other businesses. But one market that remains idle is tourism, with many businesses still closed until more borders open up and ease their non-essential travel restrictions.

This one market alone has seen tens of millions of jobs lost during the COVID-19 situation, possibly as much as $1.2 trillion in losses overall.

More than 5 million trips needed to be cancelled and some are still having to cancel their plans that they had for summer, because things aren't looking that much better right now. As far as large social gatherings anyways.

Now, tourism businesses and the millions who work in this sector are having to look for other ways to get by.

Local economies that usually see millions of visitors are also struggling as a result. They are seeing fewer hotel and restaurant bookings, they too are losing billions in revenue as a result of people who have cancelled their plans.

Some countries that might be more vulnerable to the situation are regions like Spain, Italy, Germany, the United States, and France.

Already, there are some places that have resumed travel, including areas like Barbuda and Antigua.

Austria opened at the end of June, though it might not be travelers from every country yet that is being accepted for entry. The Bahamas reopened, Barbados will start accepting people on July 12, and more regions will follow.

Authorities in these regions are still looking at screening and testing travelersfor any signs of illness though.

Still, it is going to be a long uphill battle for those businesses to get back to any sort of normal or for people to feel comfortable traveling at a rate they used to.

There might be some people who are still going to be nervous about taking any trip right now, but not everyone. Surveys have repeatedly shown that many people are eager to take advantage of the opportunity to vacation and travel once again as soon as it becomes available. However, some might stay closer to home, with a road trip or 'staycation' to support their local economy, rather than venture off too far.

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