‘Watershed moment.’ Miami welcomes end of COVID travel restrictions on 33 countries

Good news. Donald Trump's job-killing travel bans are finally being lifted and tourists are allowed back in to grease the economic wheels, which are already turning at good speeds.

‘Watershed moment.’ Miami welcomes end of COVID travel restrictions on 33 countries
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Miami’s tourism economy has been slowly recovering since coronavirus lock downs ended, but has been missing a key component: foreign tourists from most of Europe, Brazil, China, India and more. On Monday, Nov. 8, travelers from 33 countries will see U.S. coronavirus travel restrictions lifted for fully vaccinated people — and the optimism and expectations in Miami’s tourism community are high.

The Trump administration banned non-U.S. citizens from entering starting with China in January 2020, which extended to most of Europe and several other countries in the months to follow. Any non-U.S. citizens who had been in those countries within the past 14 days also were not allowed to come to the U.S.

 

the country is gearing up to say, you have had plenty of time to get the vaccine, if you haven't got it by now, that is on you

 

Yes. International travelers still need to get the shot, but at least now Canadian snowbirds can escape the tundra for the winter.

 

They also re-opened the South Florida train route from West Palm to Miami. unfortunately it hit a car on Day-1.

On first day back in service, Brightline train hits car in Pompano Beach
On Brightline’s first day of service after a 19-month pandemic hiatus, one of its trains struck a car in South Florida on Monday morning driven by a grandmother who was with her young grandchild.
Read more at: https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/community/broward/article255639841.html#storylink=cpy

 

Thank you, President Biden !