The association stated that while during pre-pandemic days, passengers, on average, spent about 1.5 hours to complete the travel formalities — check-in, security, border control, customs and baggage claim — the current data indicates that airport the processing time has increased to three hours during peak time with travel volumes at only about 30% of pre-pandemic levels.
There s no universal digital passport yet, it s not clear exactly what kind of proof will be accepted, and paper vaccination cards can be easily forged, damaged or lost.
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International Travel Opens To The Vaccinated, But How Do You Prove You Got The Shot?
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There s good news and bad news for Americans who have been itching to take a European vacation. Spain reopens to vaccinated tourists on June 7. Greece, Germany, France, Italy, Croatia and other countries are opening up again soon, too.
But in order to go, travelers will have to show proof that they ve been vaccinated and it s not clear yet how they ll do that. And that s causing a lot of confusion among those with pent up wanderlust, as demand for air travel has been soaring in recent weeks.