Despite strong appetite for travel, still confusion over curbs exists
Looking ahead to the next year, over three quarters (77%) of travellers surveyed agree that they are eager to travel and hope to do so in the next year: Survey
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35% agree that the current international restrictions and guidelines around where and how to travel are confusing and unclear - making them less likely to book and travel for business/ leisure and a further 27% agree that they will not be travelling internationally due to the unclear guidance around restrictions
Looking ahead to the next year, over three quarters (77 per cent) of travellers surveyed agree that they are eager to travel and hope to do so in the next year. Half (50 per cent) agree that they will be travelling for business to a destination requiring a flight later this year. The lists below provide more detail about the percentage of respondents who expect to travel to that region in the next year, broken down by those stating they will go for business and those for leisure.
Furthermore, travellers expect to take an average of two trips over the next year. This hopefulness and expectation of multiple trips should be some welcome news for the travel industry.
High percentages of respondents in all countries agree that they are eager to travel and hope to do so in the next year, with Russia at the highest end (87 per cent) and the UK at the lowest (69 per cent). With that said, trends indicate that perhaps travellers will be remaining close to their home country, rather than travelling further afield to Europe for business in the next year - and higher percentages say the same for leisure (64 per cent, 56 per cent and 62 per cent, respectively) – less than 2 in 5 US (37 per cent) and Singaporean (32 per cent) respondents say the same.
Similarly, Singaporean travellers surveyed are the most likely to say they expect to travel within Asia (excluding the Middle East) for business (45 per cent) or leisure (55 per cent) in the next year and US travellers surveyed are the most likely to expect to travel within North America for business (39 per cent) or leisure (53 per cent). Again demonstrating the same trend, travellers from the UAE are the most likely to say they expect to travel within the Middle East for business (51 per cent) or leisure (47 per cent).
Over three quarters of travellers surveyed agree that they are eager to travel and hope to do so in the next year. What is a stand-out from across the generations is that Millennials surveyed are the most likely to expect to travel for business across all regions in the next year. Comparatively, Gen Z surveyed are the most likely to expect to travel to Asia, North America, Latin America, Australasia, and the Middle East for leisure in the next year, but bucking this trend is the Baby Boomer generation who are the most likely to expect to travel to Europe for leisure in the next year.
However, overall, Baby Boomers surveyed are the most likely to agree1 that they are eager to travel and hope to do so in the next year (84 per cent), followed by Gen X (78 per cent), Millennials (77 per cent) and Gen Z (72 per cent).
The travel industry continues to face disruption with various restrictions still in place across the globe for travellers and less than 2 in 5 (38 per cent) travellers surveyed agree1 that the current international restrictions and guidelines around where and how to travel are clear - making it easy for them to book and travel for business/ leisure. On the contrary, 35 per cent agree1 that the current international restrictions and guidelines around where and how to travel are confusing and unclear - making them less likely to book and travel for business/ leisure and a further 27 per cent agree that they will not be travelling internationally due to the unclear guidance around restrictions.
Travellers in Russia are by far the most likely to agree that the current international restrictions and guidelines around where and how to travel are clear - making it easy for them to book and travel for business/ leisure (53 per cent) and travellers in the UK by far the least likely to agree1 with this (25 per cent). In between these are Spain (42 per cent), France (38 per cent), the UAE (38 per cent), India (36 per cent), the USA (36 per cent), Singapore (36 per cent) and Germany (34 per cent).
UK travellers surveyed are the most likely to agree that the current international restrictions and guidelines around where and how to travel are confusing and unclear - making them less likely to book and travel for business/ leisure (45 per cent), and respondents in Russia are the least likely to agree with this (27 per cent). However, UK travellers and Singaporean travellers are both the most likely (34 per cent) to agree1 that the current international restrictions and guidelines around where and how to travel are confusing and they will not be travelling internationally due to the unclear guidance around restrictions. Russian travellers surveyed are, again, the least likely to agree with this (17 per cent). In between these two countries sit India (32 per cent), the USA (28 per cent), Germany (25 per cent), France (24 per cent), the UAE (24 per cent) and Spain (21 per cent).
What's apparent is that there is a great appetite for travel over the next year, but confusion over the various restrictions and guidance is causing issues for many travellers.
