Following strong growth rates over the last 10 years the tourism industry, a flagship of the economy, has experienced a dramatic slump and is one of the worst-hit sectors in the year of the pandemic.

Globally, outbound travel in 2020 declined by 70 percent. The losses varied depending on continent and travel segment.

Thus, nature-oriented holiday types and trips by car performed significantly better during the pandemic than air travel or city breaks and round trips.

Despite the drastic global decline in 2020, the latest survey results give hope for the upcoming year: two-thirds of outbound travelers worldwide intend to travel abroad again in 2021.

Trends vary on individual continents in 2020

For the travel year 2020, IPK's World Travel Monitor® identified a global decline of 70 percent in international travel.

The trends on individual continents vary: In Asia, where the pandemic hit first, outbound travel has fallen most, by nearly 80 percent, while outbound travel by Europeans showed the lowest losses at minus 66 percent.

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