U.S. Travel Association is urging the Biden administration to end the pre-departure testing requirement quickly, as new study shows 54% of international travellers say US pre-departure COVID testing impacts whether they will visit the US.

A new survey by US Travel Association has found that 54% of respondents say the added uncertainty of potentially having to cancel a trip due to U.S. pre-departure testing requirements would have a big impact on their likelihood to visit the U.S. President and CEO of US Travel, Roger Dow, said, " "Before the pandemic, travel was the second-largest U.S. industry export and generated a positive trade balance of $53 billion," said U.S. Travel Association President and CEO Roger Dow. "Inbound travel is critical to reducing the overall trade deficit, but the pre-departure testing requirement remains an unnecessary hurdle to regaining visitors and competing for global tourism dollars."

Furthermore, U.S. Travel Association is urging the Biden administration to end the pre-departure testing requirement for vaccinated international air travellers quickly. You can read the results of the survey and the full press release here: https://www.ustravel.org/press/new-survey-finds-us-pre-departure-testing-significant-barrier-international-travel-and