ETC GIVES STRONG OUTLOOK FOR 2022 EUROPEAN TOURISM RECOVERY
In its recent quarterly report of ‘European Tourism Trends & Prospects’, the ETC indicates that recovery is in full swing going into the peak summer season of 2022, with consumers’ savings accumulated through the pandemic expected to support travel demand.
ETC predicts Europe will recover 70 percent of pre-Covid travel demand this year.
As a result, short and medium-haul travel is expected to continue driving European tourism recovery.
Arrivals from long-haul markets still lag significantly behind, especially in Asia where travel sentiment has been hampered by ongoing Covid-19 restrictions. Although sentiment in the United States is more positive, recovery has still been slower than expected. US citizens returning from Europe were required to take PCR tests prior to travel until the end May/beginning of June, which may have held back demand.