State lockdown orders may be less stringent than they were a month or two ago, but summer travel plans aren’t a go everywhere yet.
In Alaska and Maine, visitors will be required to present a recent negative COVID-19 test.
Fifteen states, meanwhile, require self-quarantines for incoming travelers: Connecticut, Florida, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Kansas, Maine, Nebraska, North Dakota, New Mexico, New York, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, and Rhode Island.
However, their regulations differ depending on where travelers come from (certain countries or states) and the mode of shipment they take (plane or car).
New York also mandates you to leave the quarantined state for two weeks upon arrival at your destination.
Arizona, meanwhile, tells travelers not to go to Navajo Nation, which is seeing record per-capita coronavirus cases. Utah also urges caution for travelers going to the part of Navajo Nation in the southeastern area of that state. Although California doesn’t have statewide travel restrictions in place, the San Francisco Bay Area still restricts nonessential travel.
The map below shows state-to-state restrictions and open tourist destinations. Blue represents spaces that are not subject to any restrictions, while red represents places that are subject to state rules. In yellow states, restrictions vary by region.
Many states’ previous stay-at-home orders prohibited nonessential travel and reserved hotels for essential workers. In Delaware, for example, hotels were only allowed to serve essential workers or vulnerable citizens with no other place to stay from April 6 through May 15. In addition, most states temporarily closed tourist attractions that would ordinarily draw crowds.
Here are the 17 states with restrictions in place. (States that are not indexed do not have a state policy. )
US federal policy requires all residents who have visited Brazil, China, Iran, the United Kingdom, Ireland, or Western Europe during the previous 14 days to return to the country through one of 13 airports where the government is doing additional screening procedures.
Different types of tourist attractions carry different degrees of threat. Broadly speaking, the four threat points are closed spaces, crowds, close contact with other people, and conditions that make social distancing difficult.
So uncrowded hiking trails and beaches are less dangerous than, say, an interactive museum.
It is because of this explanation that many states have already reopened outdoor tourist destinations. Alabama, Florida, Minnesota and Missouri, for example, have reopened their outdoor concert halls, while restricting the ability for visitors to socially distance.
Arkansas, Idaho, South Carolina, and Tennessee have all opened water parks. Most states have opened beaches; some, such as California and Florida, usually leave it in the hands of the localities.
Washington, D. C. It also allows the opening of tourist attractions, such as historical monuments, although interior ones remain closed.
As for indoor destinations — like museums, restaurants, zoos, aquariums — some states have left it to counties to decide what to reopen (that’s the case in Texas, for example). Others, such as California still have blanket bans on indoor museums and other recreational venues. Museums are reopening, however, in Alaska, Hawaii, Minnesota, New Hampshire, Ohio, and South Carolina.
Under maximum stay-at-home orders, restaurants were allowed to sell takeout and delivery. Many states now allow restaurants for dine-in, with restrictions. Some states restrict diners to seating, restrict the number of diners within an area to 25% or 50% of its total capacity, or remain on-site for reservation-only dining. In Nebraska, for example, restaurants can operate at partial capacity.
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