American Road Trips Surpass 2019 Levels as Latest Indicator of Travel Recovery
Photo Credit: U.S. road trips are surging back to 2019 levels for the first time since Covid hit. Adobe / SeanPavonePhoto
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Americans are hitting the road in big numbers again — another sign that the nation is on the road to domestic tourism recovery. It's a timely boost as international visitors are unlikely to return by the summer.
If the week of April 2 was the week that U.S. travel started its recovery, then the week of April 7 is the one that confirmed the nation is on the move — the great American family road trip is back, stronger than ever.
Newly released data from location intelligence provider Arrivalist’s Daily Travel Index, which tracks American road trips, shows that for the first time since the pandemic, road trip vacations have surpassed 2019 levels.
“This is the moment we’ve been waiting for when we launched the Daily Travel Index: the moment when road trip activity post-pandemic, for the first time on a year-over-year basis, is exceeding leve
