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travel corridors

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UK/ˈtrævəl ˌkɒrɪdɔːz/
US/ˈtrævəl ˌkɔːrɪdɔːrz/

Meanings

  1. nounplural

    official agreements between countries or regions that allow people to travel between them, often without quarantine.

    Grammar: Usually plural when talking about the system; use 'a travel corridor' for one specific route or agreement.

    Patterns

    • travel corridors between countries
    • open a travel corridor
    • travel corridor with a country
    • on the travel corridor list

    The two countries agreed to set up travel corridors so tourists could visit without quarantining.

    Several travel corridors were suspended when infection rates rose.

    Business groups welcomed the new travel corridors between the neighbors.

  2. nounpluraltechnical

    routes or passages designed to move people safely through an area.

    Grammar: Used for physical routes, especially in planning or security contexts.

    Patterns

    • designated travel corridors
    • secure travel corridors

    The airport created separate travel corridors for arriving and departing passengers.

    Wildlife travel corridors allow animals to move between protected areas.

Word forms

singulartravel corridor

Common combinations

travel corridors between countries
Travel corridors between countries helped revive tourism.
open a travel corridor
The government decided to open a travel corridor with its neighbor.
travel corridor with a country
They announced a travel corridor with Spain.
on the travel corridor list
Portugal was on the travel corridor list last summer.
suspend travel corridors
Officials suspended travel corridors after a new variant appeared.

Synonyms and how they differ

air bridge
A British term used during the pandemic for a similar agreement, often between two countries.
green list
A list of low-risk places you can travel to without quarantine; it names places, while corridors are the agreements themselves.

Word family

corridor noun
A long narrow passage in a building or between places.
travel verb
To go from one place to another.

Commonly confused: travel corridors or air bridge?

travel corridors vs air bridge

Very similar in pandemic use, but 'air bridge' often refers to the air route itself, while 'travel corridor' can include land travel.

Practice

During the pandemic, the two countries created ______ so people could travel without quarantine.

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