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When it comes to travel, the wipeout that was 2020 has been so deeply etched that it hardly needs summarising. Virtually everyone has cancelled a holiday many times over, and the âcredit pointsâ bank is close to overflowing.
Global international arrivals for the year dropped 75 per cent compared to 2019 figures â marking a return to 1990 travel volumes, according to the United Nations World Tourism Organisation.
The Asia-Pacific suffered the biggest drop of any region this year, with 82 per cent fewer inbound tourists.
As the world deals with the swings and roundabouts of mutant strains of COVID-19, and swaths of travellers â the elderly and those with existing health conditions â concerned about boarding flights or cruise ships, what does 2021 hold?