Experts share coronavirus news and information—good and bad—about what it means for cruise ships, airplanes and travel in general
their cruise vacations, as a result. That might be a good thing, if you listen to Purdue University air quality expert, the James G. Dwyer Professor of Mechanical Engineering. Chen—who has researched the spread of air particles in passenger vehicles and how to track them—says that cruise ship air conditioning systems are not designed to filter out particles as small as the coronavirus, allowing the disease to rapidly circulate to other cabins.
Another scary fact: Close to 20% of passengers have flown sick on a plane, either knowingly or unknowingly,from travel search engine Reservations.com—though the company’s cofounder and CEO Yatin Patel believes that there’s been a shift as of late. “We’ve definitely seen a shift in travelers behaviors throughout the recent outbreak with travelers becoming more conscious about flying while sick, as well as more conscious about fellow passengers traveling while sick,” says Patel.
for changes and cancelling travel bookings made between February 27, 2020, and March 11, 2020, for travel through June 1, 2020. And indeed, travel industry experts in Italy report that life is going on as usual in most of the country. But the situation is impacting business, regardless—especially in the travel sector, notes Davide Bertilaccio, regional vice president and managing director of thehotel in Montalcino. “Business has been badly affected by this situation, where in some cases over 50% of the bookings have been released; probably caused more by the reaction of single countries which have imposed severe restrictions where travelers who have been in Italy are required some period in quarantine,” says Bertilaccio.
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