American travelers seem to have largely brushed off the hesitation fueled by surging Covid-19 cases.
"Early summer 2021 was the prior apex," Francis-Cummings said. "We're starting to see that apex again."
"Omicron definitely had an impact: People canceled and postponed trips," she added. "It didn't have as deep or as long of an impact as delta did."The North Cascades mountain range spans the state of Washington and British Columbia, Canada.Respondents' optimism about the course of the pandemic over the next month jumped 11 percentage points to about 42% in the last two weeks, exceeding the post-delta-variant recovery, Destination Analysts said.
About 81% of travelers polled by Destination Analysts are fully vaccinated — well above the 68% of overall Americans age 5 and older, the population currently eligible for a shot,Travel site Hopper is forecasting prices for domestic airfare will jump 7%, on average, each month until June, "driven by demand recovery following the omicron variant wave.
That's well above the typical 2% monthly pre-pandemic airfare increases heading into the summer, according to the company's Consumer Airfare IndexPrices for international flights are at record lows for January, averaging $649 round-trip, but are expected to rebound by 5%, on average, a month until June, Hopper said. Fares began dropping the last week of November, when the World Health Organization classified omicron as a variant of concern.
International travel likely poses some additional hurdles for travelers, with many countries imposing testing and other requirements for entry. Some countries haven't yet re-opened their borders to American travelers.
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