GBTA supports that any actions taken should focus on vaccination or recovery status and individual traveller risk, instead of broad-reaching travel restrictions or border shutdowns. 

GBTA also calls for using consistent guidance and protocols worldwide for determining actions that would restrict or ban travel domestically and internationally related to new Covid-19 developments such as Omicron and potential future variants.

GBTA continues to encourage governments to take into consideration the difference between business travel and leisure travel, especially when it comes to keeping borders open for international travel and getting back to doing business. In a recent GBTA survey of business travellers worldwide, 91% said they are fully or partially vaccinated.

‘Travel bans, border closures and quarantines have greatly impacted business travel and therefore the world’s ability to do business,’says Suzanne Neufang, CEO, GBTA.