Vaccines may soon make travel possible again. But how quickly will it return — and will it be forever changed?

  • Written by: Joseph M. Cheer, Professor in Sustainable Tourism, Wakayama University
Vaccines may soon make travel possible again. But how quickly will it return — and will it be forever changed?RUNGROJ YONGRIT/EPA

The COVID-19 pandemic brought the global tourism industry to a screeching halt in 2020. With vaccines starting to be rolled out, there is hope international travel can resume soon, but exactly when — and how — is the million-dollar question.

Before COVID-19, there was much concern about whether tourism had grown too...

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