IATA finds confidence in return to travel continuing to decline

IATA reported (07-Jul-2020) the results of a public opinion survey found 45% of those surveyed indicated they would return to travel within a few months of the pandemic subsiding. This is a significant drop from the 61% recorded in the Apr-2020. Overall, the survey results demonstrate that people have not lost their taste for travel, but there are blockers to returning to pre-crisis levels of travel:

• A majority of travellers surveyed plan to return to travel to see family and friends (57%), to vacation (56%) or to do business (55%) as soon as possible after the pandemic subsides;
• But, 66% said that they would travel less for leisure and business in the post-pandemic world;
• And 64% indicated that they would postpone travel until economic factors improved (personal and broader);

The survey also found one of the biggest blockers to industry recovery is quarantine:

• 85% of travellers reported concern for being quarantined while travelling, a similar level of concern to those reporting general concern for catching the virus when travelling (84%);
• Among the measures that travellers were willing to take in adapting to travel during or after the pandemic, only 17% reported that they were will willing to undergo quarantine. [more - original PR]