Merilee Kern
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Travel Entrepreneurs to Ensure Your Exploring is Not Boring
Travel is back and in a big way. According to a new U.S. Travel Association report, for the first time since the start of the pandemic, travel spending ($100 billion) was 3% above 2019 levels in April 2022 and more than one-quarter (28%) of travelers plan to spend significantly more this summer over their 2019 travel budgets for marquee trips. The World Travel & Tourism further projects that United States travel and tourism is expected to exceed pre-pandemic levels in 2022, with sector contributions nearing $2 trillion to the U.S. economy—a 6.2% increase from 2019.
