Travel Industry Welcomes One-Year REAL ID Extension, But Says Longer May Be Necessary

The U.S. Travel Association | March 27, 2020

Washington (March 27, 2020)—The U.S. Travel Association praised the Department of Homeland Security's Thursday announcement of a one-year REAL ID enforcement delay, but cautioned that a longer extension may be necessary to ensure that implementation won't further disrupt the already devastated American travel economy. In a March 26 letter to Acting Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf, U.S. Travel cited polling data showing that the U.S. had not made significant strides toward REAL ID compliance even before the coronavirus crisis. A new analysis compiled by U.S. Travel and Longwoods International, a market research consultancy, shows th...