While the Coronavirus pandemic still continues which brought the travel and hospitality industry to its knees, However in meantime a Survey conducted in early January by market research company OnePoll, which consulted 2,000 Americans revealed Americans are not giving up on their vacation plans.
And, more than 50% of travelers from the U.S. are planning to rebook or have already rebooked the trips they canceled in 2020, according to IHG Hotels and Resorts.
Of those who were surveyed, nearly 60% said they canceled one to four planned journeys the last yr due to the pandemic.
IHG Hotels & Resorts also found that American travelers are hopeful they may be able to take a trip at some point in 2021 now that vaccines for the coronavirus are being distributed.
One in five travelers instructed IHG they intend to either take more trips this yr to make up for what they lost in 2020 or knock off a bucket list destination.
“It is often said that travel is the only thing you buy that makes you richer, and our survey results prove that people are hungry for those rich experiences again. However the world has changed, and travel decisions have to be made extra thoughtfully,” stated IHG’s Chief Customer Officer Claire Bennett, in a press release. “As we look ahead, we have all had a lot of time to think about what travel means to us, what trips are most important, and how we want to reconnect with loved ones.”
Similar findings had been recently revealed within the American Hotel & Lodging Association’s “State of the Hotel Industry 2021” report.
The industry trade group stated 56% of consumers anticipate traveling for leisure this yr.
Moreover, the AHLA estimates this boost in travel could add 200,000 hotel jobs despite being down 500,000 jobs in comparison with the industry’s pre-pandemic level, which was a workforce of 2.3 million.
