(ANSA) - WASHINGTON, 08 NOV - Scenes of joy in American airports on the first day of the reopening of borders after more than 18 months for travelers from 33 countries who can show a recent vaccination test and a negative test (with some exceptions). A day long awaited by tourists but also by mixed eco-couples who are preparing to reunite after months of separation. And from a tourism industry that has lost nearly $ 300 billion in lost foreign visitors' spending and over a million jobs, according to the UsTravel Association. The industry now hopes to catch up with the holiday season, especially in popular destinations such as big cities, from New York to Miami, from San Francisco to Los Angeles.
Most of the 33 previously banned countries are in the old continent, a region that the WHO has declared this month as the last "epicenter" of the pandemic, with alarming situations in some countries of central and eastern Europe.
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