Excerpt from Travel Weekly
Demand for international travel has plunged in the week since the omicron Covid-19 variant emerged as a global concern.
According to data provided by Kayak, international flight searches initiated within the U.S. were 21% below the 2019 level on Nov. 24, when travel restrictions and headlines related to omicron took hold. But as of Nov. 30, U.S.-based international travel searches on the metasearch engine were down 41% compared with 2019.
The downward plunge, however, has not extended to domestic travel. Domestic flight searches in the U.S. on Kayak were off 13% compared with 2019 on Nov. 24 and were off a similar 16% year-over-two years on Nov. 30.
Travel Weekly editor in chief Arnie Weissmann writes that the option to see the world will still be there for those willing to persevere through new restrictions brought on by an evolving virus.
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