“Thirty-one percent is the highest it’s ever been,” since the company began the follow-up survey in March 2020, Mr Eylon said. “This is an early indication that travelers are going through a mindset shift.”
It comes after domestic leisure travel had a strong year in 2021, rebounding well from extraordinary losses in 2020, according to the US Travel Association, a trade group that promotes travel to and within the United States. .
“We can’t put our lives on hold forever because of this virus, we have to learn to live with and for my family, it means we’re ready to start exploring the world again,” said Deborah Lynn, 58, a mathematician . guardian from Washington, DC, who plans to take her first international vacation since the pandemic began in London and Croatia in March.
A new normal for some?
On February 1, Denmark became the first country in the European Union to lift all national restrictions and announced that Covid-19 “will no longer be classified as a socially critical disease”. However, unvaccinated travelers or those without a coronavirus cure certificate will still need to take a coronavirus test to enter the country, and quarantine measures remain in place for those arriving from high-risk countries.
Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen announced the changes in a recent national address.
“Tonight we can start to put our shoulders down and get our smiles back,” she said. “The pandemic is still here, but with what we know now, we dare to believe that we have passed through the critical phase,” she said.
Over the past year, Britain has implemented some of the strictest entry measures in the world, with multiple testing and quarantine requirements, as well as mask mandates and health certificate requirements. vaccine for nightclubs and events. Prime Minister Boris Johnson last month lifted almost all of these measures, citing “the phenomenal success of our recall campaign and the extraordinary efforts of the public”. As of February 11, vaccinated travelers will no longer need to take a test to enter the country.
On a recent chilly winter’s evening, London’s Covent Garden, a popular tourist destination for dining, shopping and entertainment, was bustling with crowds of mostly unmasked people. Some walked by, while others stood relaxed outside a cluster of local pubs, drinks in hand.
