U.S., Aug. 25 -- Today, the UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres joined the rest of the United Nations, the UNWTO, and the rest of the world in delivering another interesting speech with ideas everyone could agree on. Unfortunately like the rest of the world, the SG has no immediate solutions to keep travel and tourism alive.

COVID-19 infections are progressing in almost every corner of the world. Travel restrictions cripple commerce and kill the travel and tourism industry. Once restrictions are relaxed, more COVID-19 cases usually follow 2 weeks later. Safe Travels becomes a trend, but how it can be done is more than fragile. If there was a powerful UN, a global shut down may actually resolve the issue.

What the UN Secretary-General ...