{"id":13792,"date":"2022-03-15T13:39:34","date_gmt":"2022-03-15T13:39:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newswireindia.in\/index.php\/2022\/03\/15\/is-it-safe-to-visit-europe-during-ukraine-russian-war\/"},"modified":"2022-03-15T13:39:34","modified_gmt":"2022-03-15T13:39:34","slug":"is-it-safe-to-visit-europe-during-ukraine-russian-war","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newswireindia.in\/index.php\/2022\/03\/15\/is-it-safe-to-visit-europe-during-ukraine-russian-war\/","title":{"rendered":"Is it safe to visit Europe during Ukraine Russian War?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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March 15<\/strong>: Being a part of a period that will go down in history as a significant chapter \u2013 Coronavirus \u2013 Covid-19 pandemic had been the biggest jolt to all of us \u2013 shaking the GDP of many countries. And, not just 2020 \u2013 the pandemic created a big catastrophe for the tourism sector even in 2021. The beginning of 2022 \u2013 felt like a breath of fresh air \u2013 things seem to be leading toward the normal \u2013 albeit \u2013 new normal to say so. Many Covid restrictions had begun to fall away, and many countries lifted the RT-PCR report compulsion. International tourism, which had been hit hard by the recession, was looking forward to a successful summer season.<\/p>\n

Most Indian tourists like to schedule their international vacation; \u2013 particularly their\u00a0Europe tour packages<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0\u2013 during the summer. A European vacation had been on the cards for the past two years. And finally, tourists were preparing to fly to European countries despite all the mandatory safety precautions.<\/p>\n

Just then \u2013 the travel industry received another jolt \u2013 Russian invaded Ukraine.<\/p>\n

At present \u2013 our newspapers and social media feeds are flooded with dreadful articles about the war between Russia and Ukraine. It has made many Indians wary of traveling abroad this year. Tourists from all around the world are rethinking their travel plans. The travel industry that was anticipating a revival \u2013 is now facing another round of uncertainty.<\/p>\n

Russia\u2019s invasion of Ukraine has had a massive impact on global travel, with escalating disruptions to air service. The USA, the UK, the European Union, Canada, and several other nations have closed their airspace for Russian airplanes. Similarly, the Russian Civil Aviation Authority closed its airspace to more than 35 nations.<\/p>\n

It has led to a superior \u2013 question for all discerning travelers \u2013\u00a0Is it safe to travel to Europe in such a scenario<\/em>? Although this may not appear to be an issue in comparison to the ongoing war, at any given time, all of us would prefer a resolution to the conflict; over an International holiday. But, the point here is many of us would have already booked or planned our Europe tour in light of evaporating COVID restrictions. Now, these tourists are stuck or hesitant to carry out their plans.<\/p>\n

In addition to the immediate aerial combat zone over Ukraine, Moldova, and Belarus, these bans add hours to flight delays and raise fuel costs for airlines. Some airlines are forced to opt for impractical flight routes to go from point A to Point B. Flights that used to fly over Russia \u2013 including routes from Heathrow to Lahore, Islamabad, and Delhi \u2013 are now facing extended flight times.<\/p>\n

For example \u2013 a flight from Frankfurt to Beijing will have to fly around seven-hundred nautical miles more to avoid the Russian airspace. Depending on the size of the plane and the fuel cost, an extra hour of flight time and fuel will add a substantial fare to a journey.<\/p>\n

One \u201cbig unknown\u201d of the situation is how long airlines can absorb this additional cost before passing it on to customers. Carriers will impose fuel surcharges if the war lasts more than a month.<\/p>\n

None of us, from investors to travelers, would like this uncertainty. The Ukraine conflict has raised concerns about whether shipping delays and port closures will limit deliveries of everything from cooking oil to wheat to crude oil. People are rethinking their planned or existing trip arrangements in reference to the anticipation regarding the conflict\u2019s future steps. Eastern European countries; close to Russia should be avoided, but other than that, the rest of Europe appears to be relatively safe to visit given the current situation.<\/p>\n

Bottom Line:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Customers want to know that their trip will happen and are considering a more flexible booking strategy. This entirely depends on an individual to take the final call. Be wise and opt for a refundable travel plan and seek the precise guidance of a travel trade professional at\u00a0Flamingo Transworld Private limited<\/strong><\/a>. Get all your ambiguity cleared with the expert tour consultants at Flamingo Transworld.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

March 15: Being a part of a period that will go down in history as a significant chapter \u2013 Coronavirus \u2013 Covid-19 pandemic had been the biggest jolt to all of us \u2013 shaking the GDP of many countries. And, not just 2020 \u2013 the pandemic created a big catastrophe for the tourism sector even […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":13793,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[632],"class_list":["post-13792","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-lifestyle","tag-lifestyle"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newswireindia.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13792","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newswireindia.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newswireindia.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newswireindia.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newswireindia.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13792"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newswireindia.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13792\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newswireindia.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13793"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newswireindia.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13792"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newswireindia.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13792"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newswireindia.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13792"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}