今天的美国旅行:旅行顾问Need to Know
byDori Saltzman/
American travelers want to travel. They’re more interested in international travel than they have been in two years, they’re less worried about their health, and they’re strongly looking forward to traveling. Yet, financial constraints may put a strain on their travel budgets.
Such were some of the insights Erin Francis-Cummings shared with travel advisors attending the Travel Trade Summit at the New York Travel & Adventure Show in New York City. Francis-Cummings is the president and CEO of Destinations Analysts, a consultancy that has worked with more than 200 travel organizations.
自2020年3月以来,该公司一直以其旅行情感指数跟踪旅行者的情绪,目前有85个索引版本。根据弗朗西斯·卡明斯(Francis-Cummings)的说法,对旅行的热情接近创纪录的水平,尽管实际上是基于航空旅行的旅行水平,但“仍未完全从大流行中恢复过来。”
In this first of a two-piece series, we examine traveler sentiment as it concerns people’s fear of COVID-19 and its impact on travel. We’ll also take a look at the slowly growing impact of financial strains on Americans’ travel plans.
减少恐惧
同时,旅行者对旅行更加热情,他们也不必担心任何健康风险。
高度关注COVID-19的人数已归结于前派基金会水平,而弗朗西斯 - 巡回演出预计这一局面将继续下去。
Additionally, Americans’ confidence in the vaccine to keep them safe is back up.
“美国人越来越有信心他们可以在当前的环境中安全旅行。实际上,只有14%的人缺乏信心。“ Covid正在缓慢但肯定会失去对美国人拥有有意义的旅行体验能力的影响,现在的旅行经历现在已降至43.5%,接近创纪录的低点。”
There are also record low levels of anxiety from those who have recently traveled somewhere overnight. Plus, fewer people are worried about large social events. In fact, fear of large gatherings is at a near-record low of 46.6%.
“Similarly, fewer Americans are saying they’re going to avoid international travel, now down to 64.7%, a pandemic-era record low,” Francis-Cummings said.
话虽如此,有70%的美国人调查说,他们认为目的地保持安全实践很重要。beplay银行卡
Some Financial Strain
Though the intent to travel is strong, financial strains may be beginning to take a toll.
“Be it inflation, rising gas prices, other economic concerns, some financial strain is beginning to be evident in American travel sentiment,” she warned.
The number of American travelers feeling that they or their household will be financially better off a year from now has dropped to 39.2% from 45.1% at the end of January. Optimism to travel more this year compared to last also dropped nearly 10 points, although Francis-Cummings emphasized it’s still at a “good level” at 35.9%.
在旅行上花费更多的期望也下降了,现在下降到36.7%。美国人估计,他们今年将在旅行上花费的金额从2月14日的4,283美元降至3,788美元。
更令人担忧的是,在过去的四个星期中,计划在接下来的12个月中计划至少一次休闲旅行的美国人比例下降了6分,至87.2%。人们报告将在2022年进行的平均旅行数量从3.3降至2.9。
最后,三分之一的美国旅行者报告说,高价使他们无法在上个月旅行。
High Levels of Optimism
Despite these financial concerns, 41.2% of American travelers still agree that right now is a good or very good time to spend on travel. And 61.5% continue to say that travel will be a high budget priority for them over the next three months.
“Excitement to travel is high,” Francis-Cummings said. “It’s extraordinary, it’s reached levels we haven’t seen since last summer before the Delta wave. Strong excitement for travel continues to grow among Americans. In fact, at record-breaking levels; 82.1% of Americans say they are highly excited about their travel in 2022.”