US traveler confidence up as Covid cases decline
The latest Longwoods International tracking study of American traveler sentiment shows renewed confidence for current and future travel.
Only 27% of travelers report the pandemic would greatly affect their travel in the next six months, down from 36% in early September.
The percentage who changed their upcoming travel plans due to CovidD-19 fell from 59% two months ago to 48% in the latest survey.
"The latest numbers from our U.S. traveler research are encouraging. As we have seen throughout the pandemic, traveler sentiment tends to track closely with the perceived state of the virus throughout the country – the more progress made against Covid-19, the stronger the demand for travel," said Amir Eylon, President and CEO of Longwoods International.
Despite the improvement in sentiment, attitudes about traveling during the upcoming holidays remain mixed.
Two-thirds of American travelers are fully or partially vaccinated.
However, they are evenly split about holiday travel – half have no hesitations about traveling this holiday season, while the other half does.
Meanwhile, a third of travelers aren’t vaccinated.
Two-thirds of these have no hesitancy about holiday travel, while a third do.
The survey, supported by Miles Partnership, was fielded October 13, 2021 using a national sample randomly drawn from a consumer panel of 1,000 adults, ages 18 and over.
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US traveler confidence up as Covid cases decline – Support
The latest Longwoods International tracking study of American traveler sentiment shows renewed confidence for current and future travel.
Only 27% of travelers report the pandemic would greatly affect their travel in the next six months, down from 36% in early September.
The percentage who changed their upcoming travel plans due to CovidD-19 fell from 59% two months ago to 48% in the latest survey.
"The latest numbers from our U.S. traveler research are encouraging. As we have seen throughout the pandemic, traveler sentiment tends to track closely with the perceived state of the virus throughout the country – the more progress made against Covid-19, the stronger the demand for travel," said Amir Eylon, President and CEO of Longwoods International.
Despite the improvement in sentiment, attitudes about traveling during the upcoming holidays remain mixed.
Two-thirds of American travelers are fully or partially vaccinated.
However, they are evenly split about holiday travel – half have no hesitations about traveling this holiday season, while the other half does.
Meanwhile, a third of travelers aren’t vaccinated.
Two-thirds of these have no hesitancy about holiday travel, while a third do.
The survey, supported by Miles Partnership, was fielded October 13, 2021 using a national sample randomly drawn from a consumer panel of 1,000 adults, ages 18 and over.
TravelMole Editorial Team
Editor for TravelMole North America and Asia pacific regions. Ray is a highly experienced (15+ years) skilled journalist and editor predominantly in travel, hospitality and lifestyle working with a huge number of major market-leading brands. He has also cover in-depth news, interviews and features in general business, finance, tech and geopolitical issues for a select few major news outlets and publishers.
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