What impact does the pneumonia epidemic have on travel?

Due to the pneumonia epidemic, many countries are now restricting domestic tourists from traveling, and some countries have set up testing at the airport. What impact will this epidemic have on tourists who want to travel abroad in the future? The specific impacts are as follows.

Some flights are canceled

If you have travel plans in the next three months, be sure to pay close attention to your flights

Currently Lufthansa, Air Canada, Overseas airlines such as Scandinavian Airlines, KLM, Delta, UA, AA, and Air France have either suspended direct flights to and from the country or reduced their flights.

Of course, this has little to do with being designated as a PHEIC. The most important thing is the issue of transportation capacity (there are only a few people on a plane, are we waiting to lose money if we don’t stop flights or reduce flights?

So don’t be overly nervous about the suspension of flights. Flights will resume naturally after the epidemic, and there may often be big discounts when flights resume.

Visa applications for some countries are troublesome

According to the International Health Regulations (2005), if it is determined to be a PHEIC, the World Health Organization will issue a temporary recommendation, mainly for people, luggage, cargo, containers, means of transportation, articles and postal parcels, among which One of the 18 articles includes:

Carry out exit inspections and (or restrict the exit of people from infected areas.

So visas (endorsements) in some countries and regions may be subject to Impact.

As far as we know, Russia has stopped electronic visas in the Far East.

This includes the Far East, St. Petersburg, Leningrad Oblast, and Kaliningrad. Consular districts with electronic visas have suspended the entry of Chinese tourists holding electronic visas.

The Philippines and Sri Lanka have also suspended visas on arrival for Chinese tourists, and Kazakhstan has suspended 72-hour transit visas for Chinese citizens.

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Next, other new visa issues may arise.

But that’s okay. I won’t go out recently anyway. These visa issues will naturally be resolved after the epidemic.

In terms of visas, it is recommended that everyone upgrade their passports to the big devil version as soon as possible (the United States, Canada, Britain, Schengen, Japan multiple times, and Brazil or Argentina in South America), so that it will be easier to apply for visas from other countries in the future. It will be relatively easy.

Strict entry requirements

Within a certain period of time (evaluated once every three months, it will be canceled at any time as the epidemic situation improves, and may also be extended appropriately). It will be more "strict".

On the China Consular Service website, foreign entry control measures related to the prevention and control of the pneumonia epidemic have been summarized:

I highly recommend that you take precautions before traveling. , go to the China Consular Service website to check the entry control measures for this pneumonia epidemic, which will be updated from time to time.

In addition, whether you are entering or leaving the country, you need to actively fill in the entry/exit health declaration form<. /p>

Fortunately, now you can easily fill in the health declaration directly through the WeChat applet on your mobile phone

The trip may be cancelled

For nearly 3 years. If you plan to travel during the next three months, be prepared for possible cancellations and changes.

Traveling in February is definitely out of the question. I am also cautious about traveling in the next three months. If you have travel plans in the next three months, it is recommended to wait and see.

Currently, if the epidemic is serious, domestic airlines and hotel groups have relatively good cancellation and change policies. After all, the Civil Aviation Administration has issued regulations. . However, the refund and exchange policies of foreign airlines and low-cost airlines (except Spring and Autumn Airlines) are relatively general.

Among travel products, major platforms and OTAs (Ctrip, Qunar, Fliggy, etc.) can almost all offer free refunds in full. Yes, but the cancellation and exchange policies of some small and medium-sized travel agencies are average.

There is no way around it. The ability of large platforms to withstand pressure will be significantly higher than that of small and medium-sized businesses.

News just now, Fliggy has extended the refund and exchange guarantee to February 29, and covers all products. Ctrip has also upgraded its refund and exchange guarantee several times in the past few days. It would rather lose some money than allow consumers to refund everything.

Travel specials after the epidemic

Whether it is businesses or consumers, demand has been suppressed for too long because of the epidemic. I’m very optimistic that there will be a bunch of travel deals after the pandemic. Especially for resort hotels in surrounding areas, their recent occupancy rates are too bleak.

Of course, after this epidemic, I believe everyone should have a clear idea of ??which platforms are reliable for booking and which merchants are good at playing "word games". Just vote more with your feet from now on.