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'Why "timid travellers" will be key to the rebound'

Opinion
David Trunkfield
7 March 2022

We hear a lot of predictions about when travel will get back to normal, and no doubt we’re all making some of our own. And there’s one key aspect I think will be critical in determining how far and fast we bounce back this year.

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But first, it’s worth reminding ourselves how far we’ve got to go. Recently released data from the Office for National Statistics shows the number of people travelling abroad last summer was down by 76% to just 6.1 million compared with pre-pandemic levels.

Getting back to those levels will need a mass return to overseas travel by most, if not all, of the people who used to go abroad on holiday.