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Italy Opens Borders Ahead of Neighbors, Beckoning Tourists

Associated Press

   ROME - Rome's Leonardo da Vinci airport sprang back to life Wednesday
   as Italy opened regional and international borders in the final phase
   of easing its long coronavirus lockdown, but it was still an open
   question how other nations would accept Italian visitors.
   Families and loved ones separated by the global pandemic could finally
   reunite but normalcy was a long way off.
   Italy is the first European country to fully open its international
   borders, dropping the 14-day quarantine requirement for visitors. But
   most European nations see Italy's move -- which aims to boost its
   collapsed yet critical tourism industry -- as premature. Many of them
   are moving to open only on June 15 -- and some even much later than
   that.
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