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Travel ‘not out of woods yet’, says Tanzer as he defends Abta lobbying

Government
Tom Parry
14 June 2023

A languishing economy and ongoing cost of living pressures mean the travel industry "will not truly know where we stand on our recovery path” until the end of the year, according to the Abta boss.

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Speaking at the association’s Travel Matters seminar in Westminster on Wednesday (14 June), Mark Tanzer said that despite a “steady recovery from the dark days of the pandemic”, the sector was “not out of the woods yet”.

“Many customers are still in a cost of living squeeze with a stubbornly high inflation rate keeping interest rates and mortgage costs high, and travel companies are still burdened with the debt overhang from the pandemic, at higher interest rates,” he said.