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Originally Posted by GSPeter
Sadly I don't think we are finished with the Corona, crossing borders is going to be even more of a hassle, even if you are vaccinated. Bad situation to be trapped in a country with minimal medical resources if you got ill or injured, not just from Corona, and you can't get the help you need because their infrastructure is on the verge of collapse.
Whether the vaccines can be tweaked to counter the mutants that develop is another uncertainty that affects independent travel, people outside of the tourist industry will probably be very wary of travellers.
Stay safe
Peter, in Oslo
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I am aware that in this moment the world is still fighting to control the outbreak and progression of corona. Vaccines will allow you to travel again but corona will - in what ever kind of characteristic - always be present in certain countries or regions for the near future. There is actually no scientific data existing how long and effective vaccination will work and nobody knows if or how many mutations will be created through different levels of vaccinations allover the world.
Because everybody is speculating about getting back to normal or to prepandemic life I think a stronger future divide between business travels, commercial tourism and individual travelers is imaginable.
Varying levels of restrictions like a limitation of Visas or of destinations allowed to visit could make self organized traveling more hard and of course more expensive.
Entrance at the border with own vehicle could be refused because you need more than a passport and a carnet. A certificate of vaccination could be rejected by the local goverment because you got the wrong shot in their view. Border crossings for private/individual travellers could be denied because of a missing of a valid travel purpose.
Visa valid time could be shortened to a time duration that some destinations will loose attraction for individual travelling people. Stronger regulations for re-entering borders to gain a new travel period could be turned into a tool to limit amounts of travellers
A deposit of cash or an insurance by force to cover healthcare cost in case of an covid related illness could turn into a mandatory measurement for border crossings.
Local social behaviors could change rapidly in the moment when a region is hitted by a new outbreak. Yesterday you where welcomed and today you will be forced to leave. Hospitality by people or by goverment could be refused suddenly because foreign travellers were identified as carriers of a new outbreak. Social media in this regions will provide a dark force of to help spreading rumors and to influence peoples opinions and manner.
Time will tell if my thoughts and imagination will turn into reality. But I still hope that it will be only the worst nightmare I ever suffered from.
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