Travel in 2022 Explained in 11 Charts

This has been a year of growing optimism around the travel industry’s recovery, as well as growing pessimism about rising inflation, sky high rates, and a possible recession. Here are some of the highs and lows of the past year, in the form of 11 charts produced by the Skift Research team. 

Many of these charts are taken from our State of Travel 2022 report, which can be downloaded for free, providing a comprehensive overview of the current state of the travel industry through 175+ charts. 

Skift Research has tracked the performance of the travel industry in 22 countries and four major travel sectors (aviation, hotels, short-term rentals, and car rentals) since the start of the pandemic, collating and analyzing data from 20 travel partners. 

The year 2022 has seen most regions recover to pre-pandemic demand levels, with Asia Pacific the only real straggler, as it is slowed down by China’s persistence with its zer