Travelers are venturing out again but avoiding planes, international trips - survey


  • World
  • Wednesday, 08 Jul 2020

FILE PHOTO: Children watch the sun set as they inspect tide pools during low tide in Solana Beach, California, U.S., January 4, 2018. REUTERS/Mike Blake

(Reuters) - Travelers are hitting the road again and taking vacations even as the coronavirus pandemic shows no signs of abating in many countries, a survey on Tuesday showed.

About 51% of people in North America and Latin America plan to book trips in the next six months, compared with 38% in Asia and Europe, according to the survey by software maker Oracle Corp .

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