Tourism leaders praise move to end COVID testing for foreign air travelers

Friday, June 10, 2022 6:35 PM
  • Richard N. Velotta, Las Vegas Review-Journal

Tourism leaders are applauding the Biden administration’s plan to lift its requirement that international air travelers to the United States take a COVID-19 test within a day of boarding their flights.

The action is expected to increase international travel to Las Vegas as multiple airlines bring back their nonstop flights from abroad to Harry Reid International Airport.

The lack of international visitors and lower attendance at conventions hosted by the city – with many of the attendees from overseas – have often been cited as the biggest reasons Las Vegas has not fully recovered from the coronavirus pandemic.