List of Reopening Guidelines for the Travel Industry

Below we’ve started collecting the documents being produced by travel industry associations and operators in the tours & attractions sector. Hopefully these resources will help you prepare for successfully reopening your business when the time is right.

Industry Associations

• CDC Reopening Guidelines [PDF Download]
  Not exactly an industry entity, but important nonetheless. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control [CDC] has a 62-page document on reopening guidelines from May 2020.
• United Nations World Tourism Organization [Site] [29-page PDF]
  The UNWTO has a “Restarting Tourism” page looks extensively at the worldwide tourism industry, and country-level reopening plans.
• American Bus Association [PDF Overview]
  The ABA has published the findings of its Reopening Task Force. Their 6-page summary has great infographics, or read the full 20-page report.
• U.S. Travel Association [Guidelines Site] [June 25 Reopening Webinar]
  USTA’s Industry Guidance for Promoting the Health and Safety of All Travelers has links to several resources. In their words: “The travel industry has come together, working with health and medical experts, to reach collective agreement on a core set of health and safety guidance that the industry may adapt to their businesses.” If you haven’t reviewed their May 4 document, do it now: Travel in the New Normal [PDF]
• International Association of Amusement Parks and Attractions [PDF Download]
  IAAPA has released their May 1 “Reopening Guidance, Considerations for the Global Attractions Industry”
• USTOA + ETOA + CATO [PDF Download]
  On June 17, 2020, these three organizations launched a joint initiative called “TourCare Guidelines for Tour Operators”. We suspect more detailed information will be coming soon.
• Adventure Travel Trade Association [June 22 Guildelines]
  ATTA has released their post-covid guidelines; they’ve produced their recommendations in consultation with the Cleveland Clinic, which provided expert guidance and oversight.
• Student Youth Travel Association [June 24 Guidelines]
  SYTA has released a page called “Considerations: Health and Safety on the Road”
• Skift [Reopening Timeline page]
  Again, not an association, but their timeline is useful for gauging what’s happening around the world on this topic.

Tour Guide Associations

• Guides Association of New York City (GANYC) [Guidelines Page] They’ve produced three separate sets of documents for guests, guides and operators.

Multi-Day Tour Operators

• Globus Family of Brands
  Two brand web pages released: Globus and Cosmos
• Premier World Discovery
  Released a PDF called Commitment to Wellness
• Collette
  Calling it the “Traveling Well Experience”, Collette has come out very bullish on the return to group travel. They’re planning group coach-based trips for July 2020.
• The Travel Corporation
  Read new protocols for traveling for their brands like Trafalgar. And, in potentially an industry-first, they’ve introduced the new role of Wellbeing Director to accompany every multi-day tour they operate, to monitor health and safety protocols.
• Backroads
  What to Expect for Travel
• Row Adventures
  Row has created a very robust site page called Travel and the Summer of 2020, complete with a link to their full Mitigations and Operations plan.
• Kaleidoscope Adventures
  Kaleidoscope has announced new policies to keep their groups safe here.

Day Tour Operators

• Intrepid – Safe Travel Website