The 5 trends that will influence the way we travel in 2021

In 2020 we saw in one year so many changes, especially in the world of travel. If it used to be enough to just buy a plane ticket and pack a suitcase, now traveling is not the easiest thing in the world, and you have to be careful about many aspects before book a flight.

Gradually these changes have entered our minds and our behaviors By travelers are changing accordingly. The distribution of the vaccine is laying the foundation for a future return to normalcy and with it a return to travel.

Thanks to TripAdvisor it is possible to unearth the future trends of travelers and how searches have changed over the past year. Together with its partners, the site carried out a studio large-scale on habits and trips made in 2020 and future plans for 2021.

Some behaviors are deeply mutated, others will remain the same, attention to hygiene and the security will still be fundamental to the choice of hotel, such as the tendency to prefer spaces open or nature outings that facilitate social distancing, discarding crowded places.

Let's look together at the 5 trends that will influence the world of travel in 2021:

1 - Travel abroad yes, but in the second semester

As for 2020, about 65% of the respondents said they had not moved from their status, At the same time, almost half want to travel to theoverseas in 2021 and 1 in 9 already has booked A journey.

As we can see from the graph, there still persist many doubts on the current situation, planned trips to foreign countries will then begin in the summer months of 2021, where there is more confidence that normalcy can be resumed.

2 - The vaccination campaign will help the industry.

Thanks to the vaccine distribution globally, confidence for the shifts back up. Indeed, more than 86% of respondents say they would feel safer traveling if they received the vaccine, the 77% would also travel more peacefully abroad once it received the immunity doses.

The vaccination campaign will also affect the destinations, in fact, we will feel safer traveling to states that are well on track with vaccinations rather than others where the campaign is slow going and there are still too many cases.

3 - Local travel is still the most popular

During 2020, for what little travel there was, many preferred to stay "at home" rather than move abroad, a trend that seems not to stop in 2021.

Leading the ranking just the Italians, As many as 88% of respondents said they would be inclined to plan a trip to theinside of the boot, thus favoring domestic travel even during the summer, somewhat as happened in the hot season of 2020 with Puglia, Sardinia and Sicily, including the smaller islands, literally taken over by theassault By domestic vacationers.

In addition, a good 74% states that it will want to perform at least a national trip and the 45% two domestic travel.

4 - Traveling in 2021 will be more special

That famous month at the turn of March and April we will hardly forget, forced indoors except to go grocery shopping, walk the dog and take out the trash, trips were off limits also because the vast majority of the planes were grounded.

In the months that followed between ups and downs, however, we were not able to move much, and to this day there is no official go-ahead, but you should always check the policies by entry e exit between countries, using official data and tools such as SkyScanner's interactive map.

That is why when the situation is more stable, Preparing for a trip in 2021 will be even more exciting, 74% of the respondents say that they will put much more care into their travel choice, including destination, reviews, hotel or B&B accommodation, and itinerary.

5 - There will be a return to dining out

In addition to travel, the catering has taken a big beating. The pleasure of dining out is a vague memory, the area of the delivery Instead, it has seen a sharp surge, converting many restaurants to dinner delivery service.

Ordering takeaway dinner is a trend that will still remain solid in 2021 but the willingness of 47% of respondents is to go to dine out more often, restrictions permitting. The volume of clicks on restaurants that also do home service remains a preference.

What are your plans for 2021?

For the future still hovers a veil of uncertainty, what is certain is that we all hope that the vaccination campaign will be effective And that we can put this terrible pandemic behind us.

The world will certainly never be the same again, as will the field of tourism, which, however, is trying to adapt as much as possible to the changes. IATA is also trying to revive the travel industry, proposing a Travel Pass that allows us to travel with more serenity.

Let us know in the comments what your 2021 will be like, have you booked your trip yet? Will it be domestic or foreign? Will you wait until summer or leave earlier?