Tourism Triumphs: Skift Travel Health Index Reaches Record High


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For the first time since January 2020, the Skift Travel Health Index has topped 100, a sign that global tourism is now performing better than it did before the pandemic. Every region in our index showed growth over the last month.

April 2023 marked an important milestone: The full recovery of travel since the pandemic – as measured by the Skift Travel Health Index. And it's a record, with our index passing the level last reached in 2019.

The Travel Health Index is a proprietary tool produced by Skift Research to track the travel industry's performance using 84 travel indicators with data from 22 partners. The global index currently stands at 101, up 2 percentage points from the previous month.

At its lowest point, the index hit 20 in April 2020 – that meant travel performance had dropped to 20% of levels in April 2019. The travel rebound has come a long way since then.

To read more about the current performance of the travel industry, our latest report, Skift Travel Health Index: April 2023 Highlights, has all the data and insights you need.

Regional Gains Across the Board

While Latin America leads the index, Asia Pacific, the Middle East and A