The global vaccination drive has had the most positive impact on searches on the travel website in the second quarter of 2021.

News surrounding the expansion of vaccination by Pfizer in May led to a spike in global travel search by a massive 10 percent in 2021—this and other trends were highlighted in the Trend Report for the second quarter of 2021 by Expedia. The company attributes this consumer trend to broadening global vaccine distribution, growing green list countries, and easing of international travel restrictions by countries.

While the traveler’s preference continues to move around domestic and short-haul globally, the report revealed the pace of growth for international travel searches outpacing the growth for domestic travel searches in the second quarter of the year.

The report cited some positive trends in travel searches during the second quarter which Expedia felt would set the trend for travel revival in the coming months. The search volume in 11 of the 13 weeks in the quarter remained positive. This is in sharp contrast to the largely fluctuating trends in the first quarter of the year.

Insights from the Expedia Group Traveler Value Index indicate that 60 percent of consumers would travel within their home country and 27 percent internationally during the next 12 months. While 4 in 10 consumers want more frequent, shorter trips; 28 percent want fewer, longer trips; and more than 30 percent want a combination of shorter and longer trips.

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