Lately, I got an opportunity to conduct an online discussion on COVID and its impact on travel with my fellow classmates at St. Lawrence College, Kingston. It was an excellent opportunity to learn about the various challenges faced by them and how they were able to cope up with the situation. The whole discussion was conducted on the Discussion board on Blackboard an online software to keep track of your daily activities and communicate with other students in college. The topic in discussion was with each country regulating new rules and implementing travel restrictions since the pandemic and making it hard for people to commute either internationally or locally, what was the major challenge faced by you while traveling during these harsh covid times?
Asking this question gave me an opportunity to get more insights into the topic, as it asks the user to explain the situation rather than just answering Yes or No. It also gives me an opportunity to further question the respondent based on their answer. I faced various hurdles while traveling from India to Canada and wanted to see if my fellow international students experienced the same thing.
The major problem faced while traveling was in the airline industry because you were never sure when the guidelines might change domestically as well as internationally which would lead to cancellation of many flights and reschedule of others which sometimes resulted in many passengers being left stranded at airports and some even staying at airports for 2-3 days. This was a common problem faced by me and my fellow international students and all those people who wanted to travel internationally during those times. To my surprise people in Canada preferred to stay in their homes and protect themselves from the virus as much as they could and even if they had to go out, they would remain in their bubble to avoid any chances of getting COVID, but they felt safe to travel after the ease in travel guidelines and people getting vaccinated.
Getting opinions from everyone about their experience on how covid impacted their travel plans made me realize that covid was not easy for anyone, everybody faced difficulty or some sort of struggle one way or other because of covid while traveling.
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