A brighter, post-COVID-19 future is finally becoming a reality, but the way we once traveled belongs to the past. Between a pandemic and the much-needed confrontation of entrenched racism, the world has shifted, and so have the ways people want to navigate it.
In January 2021, Airbnb released a report indicating that instead of mass tourism, the priority is meeting up with loved ones in safe, familiar backdrops—a style of travel that has become more important to 41 percent of respondents. Affordability, locations accessible by car, and sustainability were also highly valued.
