Europeans Plan to Vacation and Fly at Record Levels This Summer
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Backyard tourism continues to dominate as predicted — most Europeans will stick even closer to home this year. But their increased preference for air travel versus train, according to the report, is concerning and comes just as the European Union aims to crack down on emissions.
Leisure travel plans among European residents has hit an all-time high since the global pandemic. Three out of four Europeans now say they are gearing up to travel either regionally or domestically between the spring and summer seasons this year — undeterred by the war in Ukraine, Covid surges or increased cost of living. That’s 77 percent of Europeans compared to 67 percent last summer.
More than half also plan to visit another European country, while 30 percent will stick closer to home and explore within their country’s borders.
Those are the latest results from the European Tr
