But this isn’t happening everywhere.
Using Google Trends and rental home data from 265 municipalities, a Florida-based travel company analyzed where travelers may find fewer people and less expensive home rentals this year.
Popular destinations
Nine locations in the United States had higher travel-related searches in the first quarter of this year compared with 2019, according to travel company Trips to Discover. They were the only places experiencing “a true travel recovery” to date, according to the company’s research from June.
Online travel searches increased earlier this year to places such as Ruidoso, New Mexico (population: 8,000) and Niagara Falls, New York.
Alabamians are really interested in travel - we mean, really interested
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The COVID-19 pandemic has affected virtually every segment of American society, especially travel. But there are signs that Alabamians are ready to hit the road.
Trips to Discover is out with a study that ranks states in terms of travel-related search engine activity - that’s hotels, flights and cruises. And Alabama ranks sixth among the states.
That’s actually a pretty big leap. In fact, Alabama experienced the largest growth in travel search activity among the states since 2019, moving up from No. 30.
The numbers reflected renewed interest among Americans in travel, after a year of restricted movement and economic upheaval due to coronavirus measures. Dayne Ford, founder and CEO of TripsToDiscover.com, said the site has been producing travel content and working with travel booking since 2014 and has never seen such a sharp increase.
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