Leisure travel falls alongside business travel as delta sweeps country
More than two-thirds of people looking to travel for leisure are planning to scale back their plans because of surging cases of COVID-19, according to new industry research.
A survey conducted last month by Morning Consult, on behalf of the American Hotel & Lodging Association and released Tuesday, found that 69% of leisure travelers are likely to take fewer trips, 55% are planning to suspend travel plans, and 42% are likely to cancel existing travel plans with no intent to reschedule.
The delta variant , which began taking hold in July, has threatened the...