Travel Health Index Hits Highest Post-Pandemic Mark

First Things

While the tech sector faces the blues, the travel sector is still moving in a positive direction. You can see this in the last month of earnings reports, as well as from exclusive Skift Research surveys. Although not fully recovered completely, the travel industry gained substantial momentum at the start of the year. All regions have almost recovered from the pandemic blues, Asia Pacific being the only exception. But with loosening travel restrictions and China reopening, we expect a stronger travel industry to be less uneven this year.

Skift Research subscribers can read the full report here. Non-subscribers can see highlights of the report here.

Last thing: We added more speakers and details about the Skift Future of Lodging Forum this week. We’d love to have you join us in London on March 29. 

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Travel Health Index as of January 2023

After years of uncertainty and challenges throwing curveballs at the travel industry, the new year is expected to bring new opportunities. 2022, although often referred to as the year of pent-up demand, observed a very stable Index performance throughout the latter part of the year. This year too seems to have started on the same note. There has been an increase over December 2022, with the Skift Travel Health Index now sitting at 89, which is a noteworthy 30 percentage points (pp) increase over January 2022. 

Skift Research subscribers can read the full report here. Non-subscribers can see highlights of the report here.