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Post Covid, travellers favour non-stop connections and simple flight itineraries

According to Forwardkeys, post-Covid, non-stop connections and simple flight itineraries have become decisive factors for travellers concerned about the inconveniences of varying travel requirements and the likelihood of flight disruptions. Despite travel restrictions now being lifted in most destinations around the world, this trend is expected to persist in 2023.  

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International travel reaches 62% of pre-pandemic levels in Q2, Europe and America lead the recovery race

According to the latest ticketing data from ForwardKeys, international travel has reached 62% of 2019 levels in Q2 – Europe and the Americas are leading the race to recover fastest and are closer to recovery in the next six months. More excitingly for those agencies who specialise in designer brands or business travellers, business travel is rearing its head, at 10% of 2019 levels.

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Travel from Western markets is on a rise to India, USA by 10% & Ireland by 4% on 2019 levels

Tickets for travel to key APAC destinations are on the rise. And it is India leading the way forward. India has recovered 80% of 2019’s level in the week of 5th March 2022. Next is the Pacific Island of Fiji, recovering 61% of pre-pandemic levels followed by the Philippines with 48%, Singapore with 43% and Australia with 38% recovery. 

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Americans show more intent to fly to India, flight searches by them at 42% in Feb: Forwardkeys

In terms of travel intent, the ForwardKeys analysts have observed a shift, with the shares of flight searches increasing by 6% from the Americas and Europe from January to February 2022. The Americas hold the largest number of intents to fly to India at 42% in February. This falls in line with the easing of travel restrictions from selected ‘Category A’ countries such as the USA, Canada, and EU member states on February 14. “Once again this simply highlights the importance of (or lack of) travel restrictions implemented by governments during this pandemic,” says Olivier Ponti, VP of Insights.

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Data reveals Australia, US, Ireland are top global source markets for India: Forwardkeys

After the discovery of the Omicron variant, tickets for both arrivals and departures in India dived, however, arrivals have now slowly been recovering back to pre-omicron levels and departures are not far behind, with figures for the week commencing 3rd March at 19% and 58% vs 2019 for arrivals and departures. The latest travel data reveals that the top international source markets for India are Australia, the USA, and Ireland. 

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Travel interest and demand for India to increase in Q2: ForwardKeys

India continues to have the largest share of inbound travellers to the APAC region, at 24.4% of total arrivals in Q1 as of 11 March. Not a bad result when considering the air ticketing data from ForwardKeys shows that international arrivals in APAC in Q1 was down by 86%. However, in terms of recovery India as a destination is performing at -59% vs 2019. The best performing region in APAC for on-the-book arrivals is Pakistan with a 0.2% increase vs the same period in 2019. The Maldives and Bangladesh are also showing strong signs of resilience.

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India has recovered 80% of 2019 level in the week of 5th March 2022: Forwardkeys

ForwardKeys has revealed that Tickets for travel to key APAC destinations are on the rise. And it is India leading the way forward. India has recovered 80% of 2019’s level in the week of 5th March 2022. “The success behind India’s reactivation is the fact that India had announced in advance its reopening plan for this year, generating awareness and interest,” says Nan Dai, Market Analyst at ForwardKeys.

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