Travel

As in most countries globally, travel in Germany has been directly challenged by the pandemic in 2021, especially in the first half of the year, when businesses and consumers were affected by strict lockdown measures. Germany is traditionally home to…

Travel in Ukraine has seen significant signs of a recovery during 2021 with the rolling out of vaccinations on a global scale helping to make travel possible again, while a resumption of economic activities has helped to boost disposable income. As…

Travel in Switzerland continued to be severely affected by new infection waves in the country and globally as the COVID-19 pandemic remained the overarching theme for the industry in 2021. With international travel restrictions still in place, the…

Strong growth in domestic tourism characterised New Zealanders travel patterns in 2021, while the term ‘travel bubble’ entered New Zealand’s lexicon. The country has enjoyed relatively few restrictions as it has a strong leader managing and…

Travel in the Philippines will continue to be impacted during 2021 by various restrictions in place as a result of the pandemic, with another wave of COVID-19 cases, driven by new variants, emerging in the country in April. The gradual recovery that…

The COVID-19 pandemic led travel to be hit hard in 2020, and this continued into the start of 2021. The Dutch government advised its citizens not to travel abroad until 15 May 2021. After this date, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ traffic light…

Saudi Arabia started operating international flights at full capacity at the Kingdom’s land, sea and airports as the travel ban on Saudi citizens ended on 17 May 2021, after 14 months of restriction. Post 17 May, citizens were permitted to travel and…

In response to the pandemic, the Kenyan government is requesting that all inbound travellers present a negative PCR test valid for 96 hours from the testing date till arrival in the country. The requirement also applies to transit travellers. Despite…

The Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic continues to affect the development of travel and tourism in Ireland in 2021. The performances of airlines, car rental, lodging and online and offline bookings were all adversely affected by the residual threat of…

Along with the gradual removal of international travel restrictions and quarantine conditions, alongside good progress of the COVID-19 vaccination programme in Austria, hotels, leisure facilities, restaurants and bars re-opened for the general public…

Demand for travel has risen sharply across the US in 2021, marking the beginning of the industry’s recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic. This recovery would not have been possible without the widespread availability of COVID-19 vaccinations in the US.…

Travel in Taiwan continues to be impacted by various restrictions on movement not only domestically, but also globally, as a result of the pandemic as surges in cases and new variants influence government decisions. Despite predictions for an…

The COVID-19 pandemic has significantly impacted travel and tourism in Hungary. Both operators and travellers now have very different concerns, and it has proven crucial for operators to find tactical and agile solutions in order to limit their…

Egypt is trying new approaches to lure visitors to the country and to try and kickstart its tourism industry. For example, in June 2020 the government eliminated the need for tourist visas for visitors to the country’s ‘touristic governorates’ –…

While overall current value sales are expected to be higher than in 2020, value sales are expected to be well below pre pandemic levels. All the same, the situation will be an improvement compared with 2020. Though COVID-19 uncertainties continue,…

Travel and tourism in Peru continues to face challenges in 2021, following the impacts from the event of COVID-19 in 2020. International travel (depending on the border regulations in other countries) is allowed again, along with in-country travel…

Travel in Belgium will continue to suffer in 2021, largely due to COVID-19 and related travel and movement restrictions. Since the country’s borders remained close from mid-January to mid-April 2021, many Belgians decided to partake in domestic…

Following significant declines in 2020 as a direct result of the pandemic and global restrictive measures put in place to control the spread of the virus, inbound travel flows to Vietnam are likely to remain limited during 2021 due to border control…

In Norway, travel restrictions relating to COVID-19 were stronger during the first half of 2021 than throughout the whole of 2020. However, borders have been slowly reopening since June, and from 24 June people who were fully vaccinated from COVID-19…

Travel in Italy continued to be impacted by the lingering effects of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic during 2021. While restrictions remain in place, if slowly easing, inbound and outbound flows are seeing rebounds in numbers of trips and…