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Travelers are venturing out again but avoiding planes, international trips: survey

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By Jane Ross

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In January, we booked a room in Rome for May. In February, after the U.S. State Department advised against travel to Italy, we cancelled our plans. The hotel in Rome has so far refused to refund any of our money. Not very friendly of them.

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Sorry to hear that. Wow!

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My country lets people from Japan in but we're not allowed into Japan... even though the people infected in Scotland every day is less than 10. Shame - I don't see Japan letting people from the UK in this year so might have to cancel the flights I paid for before all of this started.

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My country lets people from Japan in but we're not allowed into Japan... even though the people infected in Scotland every day is less than 10. Shame - I don't see Japan letting people from the UK in this year so might have to cancel the flights I paid for before all of this started.

Personally, I think this is another in a long list of ways the UK lets countries like Japan walk all over it. Who benefits from this? Certainly not the Brits. There just never seems to be any sense of reciprocity when it comes to Japan. For those arriving at Heathrow Airport, have you noticed that now, the Japanese, along with North Americans, are able to walk straight through the UK/EU line at immigration? These are automatic gates which means they won't get to interact with any officers or have to fill out forms and what-not. Over the past few years, waiting time for Brits has gotten longer and longer at immigration. I can understand why now. Meanwhile, when Brits with long-term visas return to Japan, they have to go through this stupid fingerprint and facial photo palava and the waiting time can sometimes be short, but sometimes really long. And never as quick as the Japanese.

So, my final question is, when is Japan going to let long-term foreign residents back into Japan, like other G7 countries? Is Japan unique again? Are the Japanese somehow more immune to the virus? Are foreigners still expected to pay rent, taxes, health insurance when they're not even living in Japan? I pray nothing happens to my elderly mother back home because I will lose my job if I leave Japan to see her.

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Hmmm. I company in the travel business say a survey says people say they're going to travel hoping you'll believe it so you should travel too so we can pump our business...

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At some point, perhaps a few years from now, the consensus will be that it is safe to travel again. At that time, I think there will be a resurgence in leisure travel, as people release their pent-up urge to get out and see the world. Until that time, when we can agree that traveling is safe, forgettaboutit.

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