Expect longer commutes, increased wait times at restaurants and more seasonal residents coming to Southwest Florida as the U.S. lifted pandemic travel restrictions on 33 foreign countries this week. Expect to see more faces from around the globe, good news for the local economy. In 2019, Germany and Canada each accounted for 4% of visitors to Lee County and the United Kingdom accounted for 2%. With some businesses having fewer workers, though, experts warn that there will be a rapid increase in demand for services as Southwest Florida counties deal with a surge in non-essential travelers from Europe to Central and South America. These foreign visitors can't travel directly into Southwest Florida, but they can catch a connecting flight from a bigger city like New York or Boston. Experts say regardless of how they get here, we can expect to see record-setting visitation, WINK News reports. "There is a pent-up demand to travel," said Paul Beirnes, director of the Naples, Marco Island and the Everglades Convention & Visitors Bureau. "I think that all bets are off as to what that means in numbers."