People spent 2020 and 2021 either cooped up at home or traveling sparingly and mostly within the continental U.S.
But after Covid travel restrictions were lifted for international trips last summer, Americans are again headed overseas.
According to estimates from AAA, international travel bookings for 2023 were up 40 percent from 2022 through May.
Tour and cruise bookings are expected to eclipse prepandemic highs, with especially strong demand for vacations to major European cities.
Paris, for example, experienced a huge jump in North American tourists last year compared with 2021, according to the city’s tourism bureau.
Persons:
Emily
Organizations:
AAA
Locations:
Paris, Europe