{"id":7549,"date":"2022-12-08T06:17:27","date_gmt":"2022-12-08T06:17:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.insightvacations.com\/?p=7549"},"modified":"2024-04-02T15:51:25","modified_gmt":"2024-04-02T14:51:25","slug":"pivotal-moments-in-travel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.insightvacations.com\/blog\/pivotal-moments-in-travel\/","title":{"rendered":"A look back at the most pivotal moments in travel from 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Border reopenings, summer travel chaos, the Queen\u2019s passing, the return of live events, and more\u2026 We look back at the most pivotal moments that impacted the world of travel in 2022.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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From countries dropping restrictions, to the Queen\u2019s Jubilee the Ukraine War, these are the global events and pivotal moments that rocked the travel industry in 2022.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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COVID-19 pandemic<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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In January, the USA recorded one million new COVID-19 cases for the first time, while the UK passed 150,000 COVID-19 deaths, the first country in Europe to do so. In March, a study by Washington University<\/a> estimated the true global death toll from COVID-19 to be 18.2 million people. The global rollout of vaccines continued, with Austria becoming the first country in Europe to bring into force a vaccine mandate for all. By April, around 5.1 billion people worldwide had received at least one vaccine shot. With vaccines came border reopenings and as restrictions lifted, we began to see more people travelling again.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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