Travelers stayed close to home this summer

Europ Assistance announced the global findings of the Future of Travel survey conducted by Ipsos which surveyed 11,000 travellers across 11 countries around the world between June 5th and June 26th.  While COVID-19 has had a major impact on the travel, the overwhelming majority (81%) of those surveyed indicated they would be interested in taking a trip in 2020, however only 35% of respondents from the 11 countries claimed to have already booked”.

“This is likely only a short-term trend as most of those surveyed also indicated they would be more confident in booking a trip later in the year. Furthermore, many of the travellers indicated they’ll return to their pre-COVID travel preferences such as flying and staying in large hotels by early next year.” Read the full article