November Was Worst Month of U.S. Travel Since May
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With raging new Covid cases across the country, this bleak travel number might actually be too high to help control the virus spread.
The U.S. travel industry has entered a dark winter. According to Skift Research's latest U.S. Travel Tracker survey, only 32 percent of Americans traveled in November, despite the Thanksgiving holiday, a decrease from 38 percent in October. This marks the lowest travel incidence rate since May.
With family holiday celebrations, it’s no surprise that the share of staying with families goes up. In November, 28 percent of all personal travel were spent in private residency, increasing from 25 percent in Octobe