The association has estimated that 9.2 million future international trips are currently booked, involving 26.1 million British travellers, spread evenly throughout the first three quarters of 2022.

Research, commissioned by BVA-BDRC, revealed the UK public are "more positive" about the situation in relation to Covid now than at any point since the start of the pandemic (with the exception of May 2021).

This translates to the highest comfort levels with overseas travel and travel by plane since this was first measured in November 2020.

It was also discovered that almost half of the new bookings are being made by families. Older Independents and retirees continue to be "under-represented" amongst trip bookers.

The report further claimed the leading barriers to travel are personal finances, the threat of quarantine and the hassle of testing and Covid paperwork.

A spokesperson for Antor said a number of these barriers can "potentially be tackled" by destinations or agents.

"Personal finances clearly underline the importance of good value trips and staggered payments," they added. "Travel agents can play a key role here in making the booking process as ‘pain-free’ as possible."

The research also found that Spain, France and Germany are marked as among the top-four destinations for 2022.