COVID-19 impact on business travel recovery 2021

The coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic hit the global business tourism industry hard as the ability to travel was limited in order to reduce the spread of the virus. According to an April 2021 survey, 37 percent of respondents stated that their companies have considered resuming domestic business travels in the near future, between one to three months. In contrast, just 10 percent of respondents believed that their firms would resume international business trips within the same timespan.

Is your company planning to resume travel to the following destinations?

Characteristic	Do not plan to resume travel in near future	Have considered resuming travel in near future, but no definite plans	Plan to resume travel in near future (1-3 months)	Not sure
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Release date

April 2021

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Region

Worldwide

Survey time period

April 12 to 17, 2021

Number of respondents

314 to 486 respondents

Special properties

Respondents only asked about countries/regions where they indicated their company has canceled or suspended most or all business travel

Method of interview

Online survey

Supplementary notes

The survey question was phrased by the source as follows: "You mentioned your company has canceled or suspended most or all trips to the following regions or countries. Thinking about each region or country, which best describes your company’s position?"

Percentage points exceeding 100 percent are probably due to rounding.

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