DALLAS (AP) — Airline and tourism groups are pushing to eliminate the government requirement that international travelers provide a negative test for COVID-19 before boarding a U.S.-bound plane.
They believe the testing rule is discouraging people from booking international trips. They point to the United Kingdom,
which eliminated a similar rule last month.
Airlines for America, a trade group for the nation’s biggest carriers, was circulating a letter Wednesday among other travel associations to urge the Biden administration to end the testing requirement.
The travel industry is lobbying Washington for changes it thinks will get more people on airplanes and staying in hotels.
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