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UK - Island(s). However, up until recently very lax on air travellers and even now actually checking some.

• rayiner 6y ago
  True, but London, like New York, is a global air travel hub and none of the other are even particularly popular travel destinations.
  • xyzzyz 6y ago
    Taiwan and South Korea, maybe, but Japan and Australia most certainly are popular travel dedtinstions.
    • foogazi 6y ago
      So the next question is what did Japan/Australia do to mitigate the risk from tourists spreading covid. This is what I found for Australia: > Since March last year, Australia has essentially allowed only returning residents to enter the country, provided they complete a 14-day quarantine - usually in city hotels. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-55929180 https://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-55929180 It seems they stopped allowing tourists to fly and were very strict from very early in the pandemic
  • nl 6y ago
    Traffic routes in and between China, HK, Singapore and Japan all carry much more traffic than any London or NY based routes: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_busiest_passenger_air_routes#The_world's_busiest_international_air_routes_by_origin-and-destination_passenger_volume_(airport_pairs) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_busiest_passenger_air_... In an alternate measure, we finally see a NY-based trip enter the list at number 8, with the countries listed above remaining much busier: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_busiest_passenger_air_routes#International https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_busiest_passenger_air_...