Ever since the year started, COVID19 has been making headlines on almost every media platform. This disease has made everyone across the globe to become more cautious about their movements, especially in countries that have many cases like the USA. Traveling within the USA and outside the US has been one of the most difficult things in recent months.
Even after easing the travel bans in several countries, traveling is not yet like the way it was before COVID19. After this pandemic is eliminated from the entire globe, there will still be new developments as far as traveling is concerned. This is because every country is now looking at ways they can avoid anything similar to COVID19 from happening again in the future.
Let’s now look at some of the ways the way we travel will change after COVID19.
Touchless Systems at Airports will be the New Normal
One of the things that have made this virus to spread so fast is the fact that it can stay on surfaces for a couple of hours or even days and can affect anyone who touches that surface. To avoid this mode of transmission, several airports in the USA are building touchless systems that can handle most of the operations at the airports. Things like using Face ID to determine someone’s identity will be common after this pandemic.
There Will be More Domestic Travel Than Before
People in the USA will now be more comfortable traveling in the USA than going to other countries – especially when the USA puts the situation under control. This will likely lead to a boom in agencies that deal with domestic travel.
Business Travelers will Travel Only When Necessary
The COVID19 pandemic has made us realize that somethings can be done virtually and do not necessarily require physical presence to have them done. Things like business meetings will now be done on virtual conference platforms like zoom instead of having to move and meet someone physically. The only reason that people will choose to meet physically will likely be in situations where what they intend to accomplish can’t be done virtually.
Introduction of Digital Passports
After this pandemic, the state of someone’s health will become even more necessary than never before. That’s why some travel experts expect an introduction of some form of digital passports that will contain details of someone’s health history. The aim of this is to assess the health risk level of all travelers before they move to another state or country.
Despite the many changes that will get into the travel industry, people will still travel again because, by nature, humans love to connect physically. Health restrictions at the airport in the USA will become tougher, but people will likely understand because they know what it means to lock down a country because of a pandemic. If you are planning to travel soon, you need to be open to any new developments that will be brought to the travel industry.
