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Domestic travel to make 'complete recovery' in 2022

Destinations
Will Payne
12 May 2022

Domestic travel will make a "complete recovery" in 2022, while international arrivals to Europe are forecast to remain lower than pre-pandemic levels.

The new five or eight-day tours either feature new destinations, have a new itinerary, a new hotel, or have new attractions added

Welcome back the great British beach holiday? (Credit: Aleks Marinkovic / Unsplash)

The projections come from the most recent edition of the European Tourism Trends and Prospects quarterly report carried out by the European Travel Commission (ETC).

In 2022, international tourist arrivals to Europe are forecast to be 30% below 2019 volumes, supported by domestic and short-haul travel. Meanwhile, domestic travel is projected to recover fully in 2022, while international travel is not expected to exceed 2019 levels until 2025.