Omicron upends tourism hopes immediately after U.N. estimates pandemic will price tag field $1.6 trillion this yr

For Le Meurice hotel in Paris, as nicely as other people the Dorchester Selection oversees in Rome, London and Los Angeles, omicron has however to strike holiday getaway bookings beyond a “slight” uptick in cancellations. “So considerably, even with information of the new variant, the conclude of this yr is nonetheless hunting good for us,” the resort operator claimed in an e-mail. “2021 has absolutely been a superior calendar year than 2020 and need to remain so.”