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Despite the worldwide COVID-19 pandemic, Czechs have not lost interest in air travel. They even plan to invest more money in foreign holiday this year, as confirmed by the latest survey, conducted among 1,565 respondents.

Almost half of the survey participants stated they plan to spend over 46,000 crowns ($2,165) on their foreign trips this year. Two-thirds of the respondents plan to go on holiday more than once, and two-fifths of all survey participants want to spend at least three weeks abroad. 

Traveling is the leisure time activity missed the most by ឆែក during the COVID-19 pandemic. It is missed by 65 percent of the survey respondents. In addition, according to the recent survey results, they plan to indulge a lot in travelling this year. Their motivation has been growing steadily despite the pandemic abatement measures. While only 38 percent of respondents wanted to travel by air in May 2021, last December, the share increased to 44 percent.   

“The results of the survey correspond to our slightly optimistic expectations and the capacities planned by airlines for the summer season. Based on these inputs, we expect the volume of passengers passing through the gates of ព្រលានយន្តហោះវ៉ាឡាវ៉ាវហាវ to almost double this year,” Jiří Pos, Chairman of the Prague Airport Board of Directors, commented on the expectations within the market segment.

The potential increase in the number of passengers from ព្រលានយន្តហោះវ៉ាឡាវ៉ាវហាវ is also indicated by the finding that 66 percent of the survey respondents plan to travel abroad more than once a year. Compared to last year, the planned length of trips has also changed. As many as 39 percent of participants plan to spend at least three weeks abroad, while in the spring of 2021, just a quarter of respondents expressed similar expectations.

ច្រើនទៀត ឆែក have also allocated greater foreign holiday budgets. Since last year, the share of those who plan to invest more than 46,000 crowns ($2,165) in foreign holidays has increased by 15 percentage points. A quarter of them estimate their spending at over 61 thousand crowns ($2,870). Travel expenses are thus one of the few items on which they do not plan to save.

Traveling was included in the top three categories in which ឆែក plan to invest the greatest share of funds this year by 71 percent of respondents.

However, despite the optimistic travel plans, passengers continue to have their concerns. They are most often afraid of problems at entering the destination country, quarantine in a foreign country, and complications associated with tests and paperwork required before the trip.