A recent survey found 33% of Americans feel comfortable traveling now, compared to just 13% of people in the Asia-Pacific region and 20% of those in Europe, the Middle East and Africa.
Interest in travel is rising fast as the pandemic winds down, with Americans dying to hit the road again, two recent surveys have found.
Travelers are booking trips to warm and sunny domestic climes—be they Sun Belt cities or beaches and national parks—and are also more open to heading abroad.
Separate surveys from websites Booking.com and Skyscanner, which partnered with customer engagement platform Braze and app intelligence provider Apptopia, found that Las Vegas, Miami and Orlando, Florida, are among the top destinations searched online by potential US vacationers.
The top five destinations from Skyscanner, Braze and Apptopia are, in fact, all cities: Las Vegas, Orlando, Los Angeles, Miami and New York.
All but L.A. and the Big Apple made Booking.com’s own list of top 10 destination searches for summer travel, which also featured seaside spots such as Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, and Ocean City, Maryland. The site’s survey found 61% of people plan to hit the beach at some point this summer.
