Scrapping the PCR test requirement for inbound travellers has been welcomed by the local tourism industry. Stock image.Tourism authorities are buoyed by President Cyril Ramaphosa’s announcement that the PCR test requirement will be scrapped for travellers to SA from Wednesday, saying it will boost the industry ahead of the Easter holidays.
The Association of Southern African Travel Agents said while it welcomed the scrapping of “the onerous and costly PCR test requirement”, it warned the draft health regulations “will need to be reviewed and amended to ensure the PCR test for travel will not be reintroduced with the lifting of the state of disaster on April 16 2022".
De Vries said the draft health regulations, which are open for comment, will need to be reviewed and amended. “Research in other countries has shown the easing of Covid-19 restrictions has an undeniable positive impact on travel and tourism numbers.
The next thing he will be talking about Covid regulations again, by allowing economic in flow forgetting the spread of pandemic🙊🙊