The Future of Travel What Might the Post-Pandemic Travel World Look Like? By John S. Hamalian
To travel or not to travel, that will not be the remain for quite a while. But what about after that…beyond travel bubbles, safe corridors and question; but rather where, and how? green lanes. How will the social, economic, “I can’t wait to travel again!” is probably one environmental and technological trends of our of the most common refrains heard during the day influence the way we travel in the coming pandemic. We didn’t realize just how much we years? Here are a few possible scenarios to missed travel, with all of its many nuisances and contemplate while we dream of future journeys. small tortures, until it was gone. It seems that now we would jump at the chance to wait on Work From Beach long queues, to ensure our electronic devices are First, there was WFW (Work From Work) and put in a separate bin and raise our arms up as if hardcore criminals. Such is human nature. So for now there is WFH (Work From Home) -- is WFV now, while still largely hunkered and bunkered, (Work From Vacation) next? A friend of mine what do we do? We lament, we dream, we save, from Portugal declared to me that he and his we think and we plan. But plan for what? What wife are planning a six-month trip to Asia next year. “That’s kind of a long time to be away from might travel look like down the road? work,” I dubiously stated to him. “Oh, no,” was In the short term, everything we have been his immediate reply, “we will still be working, just getting used to — temperature checks, tracing not all the time.” He plans to work and play while check-ins, covid tests and the like — will likely traveling and sight-seeing. My friend’s work
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