United States: with the lifting of the “travel ban”, the arrival of the first foreign travelers
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It is the end of the Travel ban in the United States, flights are resuming to the great satisfaction of the members of the aircrews like here Dominique Buhe holds on a Lufthansa plane making the Munich-Miami route on November 8, 2021. AP - Lynne Sladky
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They were thousands to land in the United States on Monday, especially from Europe.
Travelers who had been banned for eighteen months due to the closure of American borders due to Covid-19.
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With our correspondent in New York
,
Loubna Anaki
In New York, the end of this
travel ban
allowed families to finally get together.
“
8:30 am ago, I was in Paris, and there you arrive, you have yellow taxis, it's incredible.
»Leaving JFK airport, Étienne Athea finds it difficult to hide his joy.
He who used to make regular trips back and forth to the United States to buy typical American objects and resell them, was eager to come back.
"
I'm going to go hunting, pick up license plates, authentic American decoration, I'm going to go everywhere, it's great
!"
Exclaims Étienne Athea.
Family reunion
Since November 8, European travelers have been admitted again on American soil, provided they are vaccinated and present a negative PCR test.
A
lifting of restrictions
that allowed some families to finally be able to find each other.
Catherine comes to see her son after a long separation: “He's
been here for two years and we haven't been able to come to see him.
We were impatiently awaiting this reopening of the borders.
"
The revival of the tourism sector
The reopening of the borders also means the arrival of tourists, like Julien here on his honeymoon: "
We are going to do things that we have not done for a long time, see musicals, go to restaurants, visit places that we believe in. missing a little, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, it's going to be cool!
"
The return of international travelers should also do good to New York City where the tourism sector has been hit hard.
On Monday, the message "Welcome back World", welcome to the world, was displayed in large in Times Square.
Hello, world 🌍 We are welcoming international tourists back to NYC today, where they'll join the 1.6 million people who have been visiting #TimesSquare each week!
pic.twitter.com/JkoaovoGvo
- Times Square (@TimesSquareNYC) November 8, 2021
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