Europeans are still not travelling as much as they did pre-pandemic

Europeans still aren't travelling as much as they did before the pandemic. — AFP

In Europe, the effects of Covid-19 are still being felt in the tourism sector. While soaring air fares have fuelled many conversations in 2023, the number of European travellers who have decided to take trips is not yet back at the same level as in 2019, the year before the pandemic that is often used as a benchmark.

Precisely, in 2022, Europeans booked 976 million tourism trips, up 21% on the previous year, according to European Union figures, published by Eurostat. So things are looking up, but looking back further in time, it appears that people don’t travel like they used to, at least not at the moment.