Pent-up demand for travel, and particularly international travel, is expected to continue during the next year.
Recent research by Destination Analysts notes that nearly a third of U.S. travelers plan to travel outside of the United States for leisure in the next 12 months.
This figure has been consistently within 5 percentage points during the last year.
While many Americans expect to travel overseas during the next year, inbound international travel continues to improve.
Overseas arrivals improved to its best post-pandemic level in March to 25 percent below 2019 levels, according to the U.S. Travel Association .
U.S. Travel notes there are still differences in recovery among overseas markets.
Visitation from the U.K. and Germany have returned to approximately 90 percent of pre-pandemic levels; Japan and China, while improving, are still far behind. Visitation from India is the only major market to exceed 2019 levels.
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