Half of Americans say travel affects their decision to get vaccinated
Feb 3, 2021
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For restless Americans who have primarily stayed home since the onset of the pandemic, coronavirus vaccines are in hot demand particularly for travelers. Like face masks and hand sanitizer, these new vaccines promise to make the world safer for everyone and are also key to restarting travel.
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Linda Lau is looking forward to being jet-lagged as hell, sipping soju and dining at a Michelin-starred restaurant in Seoul with a bunch of strangers. This October, she hopes to attend the kickoff dinner of a “culinary retreat to South Korea that she was supposed to take in fall 2020 that is, before the pandemic stopped travel cold. The rollout of Covid vaccines is giving her and many of us confidence to begin planning trips again. In a survey conducted in December 2020 by research firm Destination Analysts, over 53% of U.S. respondents said the