ruben.maritime

 The North American cruise industry has dodged a bullet with the passage of the so-called Stevens-Leahy Amendment, which delays new US passport requirements from January 2007 to a future time up to June 2009. Serious concerns had arisen over the looming deadline of the Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative (WHTI), which would have required passengers cruising to the Caribbean and Bermuda to own passports beginning next year. Given the low rate of passport ownership among American travellers, it was feared that the WHTI would affect bookings badly, particularly for low-priced, three- and four-day Caribbean itineraries. Approved last Friday as part of the FY2007 Homeland Security Appropriations bill, the Stevens-Leahy Amendment substantially delays that deadline while also providing an economical alternative to passports for both sea and land border-crossings: the PASScard.

Via Fairplay.co.uk


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