Travel Industry greatly affected by the COVID-19 pandemic

Travel employers and workers have been by far the hardest hit of any U.S. industry. Huge numbers of travel businesses have not been able to access earlier rounds of relief passed by Congress.

Prior to COVID-19, travel and tourism supported employment for one in 10 Americans.

But more than half of the 15.8 million pre-pandemic jobs supported by travel were wiped out between the onset of coronavirus and May 1.

Travel spending in the U.S. is projected to drop by more than half a trillion dollars this year alone. Clearly, this course is unsustainable. The U.S. Travel Association maintains weekly statistics and information on the impact of COVID-19 to the Travel industry and has the support of the Western States Tourism Policy Council and its member states.