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G Adventures: Travellers keen to champion local communities

Operators
Will Payne
10 January 2022

Travellers are more likely to book holidays that champion local communities in 2022 after the Covid-19 pandemic fostered an increased focus on community and supporting small businesses, according to new research from G Adventures.

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The adventure tour operator, which polled around 4,500 consumers from its global consumer panel between July and October 2021 to identify consumer travel trends for 2022, found that a third of UK respondents (33%) said they would place more focus on travelling responsibly in the new year.

G Adventures said the increased focus on community and support of locally-owned businesses fostered during the pandemic has carried over into international travel plans.

The research also claimed 68% of UK respondents said the most important factor when they travel is knowing that their money will benefit local people.