Overseas travel is much easier now, but COVID could be a spanner in the works for years

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Tourism and health experts agree it could be better to delay overseas travel if you can, with the industry not expected to bounce back completely for at least two years as COVID-19 continues to spread across the globe.

While I had no symptoms, it was still an anxious wait for a negative test result, given it would have thrown all our carefully laid plans into chaos.

"Patience, be very patient to understand that your travel might be disrupted, particularly if you're overseas and you catch COVID," he said. She works as a professional cyclist for Dubai Police but has not returned home because being locked in hotel quarantine was not an option due to her training. "Then there's a risk that that flight might get cancelled or the hotel might get cancelled because worldwide there's a huge shortage of hospitality workers."But he said that because of Australia's hesitancy to reopen compared with other international destinations, it is likely to be "a destination of choice" when borders are fully reopened.

 

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How so when usa EU Singapore nz have listed us as high risk and put in hard restrictions to enter those countries do you see the irony of your statement abc

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