More Americans Feeling Emboldened With 24 Percent Traveling in May: Skift Travel Tracker


Skift Take

Twenty-four percent of Americans traveled in May, up from 19 percent in April. However, a full travel recovery might take a very long time as more consumers start to realize Covid-19 is a longer-term battle.

We are all too familiar with the many images of people jam-packed everywhere to celebrate the Memorial Day weekend. Summer is coming and people can’t wait to get out and travel again after being restrained at home for two months. According to our May U.S. travel tracker survey, 24 percent of Americans traveled in May, up from 19 percent in April. However, the pandemic is far from over. As Skift Research was preparing for this report, some U.S. states were seeing the highest new cor