Travel

Having been battered in 2020 and 2021 by COVID-19 restrictions, demand for both inbound and outbound travel began to revive in 2022 but remained well below its pre-pandemic level. In contrast to many other countries, Taiwan retained tight…

2022 was a year of continued recovery for Croatia’s travel and tourism industry after 2021 signalled the start of a robust recovery from the severe declines seen in tourism flows and revenues at the peak of the COVID-19 the pandemic in 2020. The…

2022 is set to be a landmark year for the recovery of the US travel industry. Overall domestic travel spending is expected to recover to the pre-pandemic level, driven by continuing strong demand for leisure travel. The recovery of domestic travel…

Inbound arrivals to Hungary continued to recover during 2022 but remained well below their pre-pandemic peak. Most arrivals came from neighbouring countries. Inbound tourism was boosted by the fact that Hungary was among the first countries in the EU…

2022 was the year that Egypt’s travel and tourism industry began to recover in earnest from the ravages of the COVID-19 pandemic. Over the course of the year, dramatic increases were registered in inbound tourism flows as the number of arrivals more…

Eased restrictions and renewed consumer confidence have seen travel take big steps in its recovery process throughout all areas in Austria in 2022. Austrian consumers are rapidly overcoming fears of infection to show strong will to travel and spend…

A new variant of COVID-19, Omicron, emerged in South Korea towards the end of 2021. In early 2022, the number of confirmed cases was at its highest. As a result, the travel industry did not see any notable increase in demand in Q1. However, starting…

In April 2022 the South African government lifted the National State of Disaster for COVID-19, while the Minister of Health lifted the last COVID-19 restrictions in June 2022. South African Tourism, the City of Cape Town, and various other tourism…

2022 is proving to be another year of uncertainty for travel in Brazil, with little prospects of significant growth. With the drop in pandemic-related restrictions to inbound tourists in other countries, Brazilian tourists are resuming their plans to…

The recovery of travel from COVID-19 in Japan is still in progress, and remains slow, as COVID-19 is still having a significant impact on travel in 2022. After the quasi-state of emergency was lifted in March 2022, significant restrictions were still…

Slovak travel faces another wave of challenges after two years of suffering during the COVID-19 pandemic. All categories began 2022 in an upbeat mode with good prospects for a relatively rapid rebound thanks to high vaccination rates and the removal…

Price increases due to inflation across travel and tourism products and services, including airline tickets, car rental, lodging, restaurants, attractions and activities, have impacted domestic, inbound and outbound tourists significantly during…

Travel is expected to record robust growth in value sales in 2022. An easing of pandemic-related restrictions, the resumption of regular scheduled international flights, and pent-up travel demand are supporting the stronger recovery of travel in…

Dramatically reduced restrictions in 2022 are boosting tourism flows to, from and within Peru. Visitors may enter the country with a full vaccination certificate or a negative PCR test. Capacity in public places, facilities and horeca establishments…

In 2022 Vietnam has fully reopened for both domestic and international tourism after almost two years of Covid-19-restrictions and regulations. The Vietnamese government continues to strive to boost its country’s profile as a desirable destination…

The government rescinded all travel restrictions in 12 February 2022, in the middle of the highest wave of contaminations during the pandemic in Norway. Norwegians are showing a strong will to travel abroad, but they have not abandoned domestic…

Trips to and from Italy are rising rapidly in 2022 as progressively eased restrictions in the spring lead to renewed consumer confidence and a return to willingness to travel. Domestic tourism is also on the up. Though some caution remains thanks to…

Travel in Belgium continues to recover from the slump in 2020 caused by the exigencies of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. The recovery started in 2021, although there were more limitations on growth as the threat of the pandemic lingered and…

Both inbound and outbound flows were heavily impacted by the global pandemic and the market continued suffering in 2021. In an effort to prevent the spread of COVID-19, a temporary ban on traveling to Sweden from countries outside the EU/EEA was…

On 1 April 2022, Singapore introduced its Vaccinated Travel Framework (VTF), allowing all fully vaccinated travellers to enter the country without the need to quarantine or take a COVID-19 test. This scheme has led to an aggressive increase inbound…