Covid-19: why travel will never be the same

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[francismajor]

To think in 2019 I was flying across the Atlantic not thinking much of it. Yesterday I felt so privileged to spend a couple hours in a neighboring city less than 15 km away.

[Synth]

It’s been almost 2 years since this video was uploaded. Nothing has changed, but maybe gotten more worse. 2 years of no travelling has left a toll on me. I feel that next time I go on holiday I must appreciate it as much as possible. I feel old and changed. I don’t feel like that guy who I used to be, travelling the world with my loved ones and telling stories to all my friends. Dozing off in school, imagining the next holiday to Casablanca or Antalya, letting my imagination run wild, only to be more amazed than what I thought. Meeting locals and learning their way of life and the scenery that makes me feel like I’m in a movie. The mountains filled with green. Everything I saw online was never even close to my experiences. The delicious fahitas that makes me never feel the same again. I feel great sadness that covid hit now but now I understand I shouldn’t take my experiences for granted.

[Jasmin]

I feel claustrophobic for not being able to fly anywhere I want to. For people who love to travel and who think travelling is the meaning of life, this is the end 😔

[GaryBurtka]

Am I the only one that was suprised 200, 000 people flew through Heathrow in April? That still seems crazy to me.

[ndjk]

Thumbnail: “Will travel ever be the same?”

Title: “No, travel will never be the same”

Me: Cool

[pablogallegoGNZ]

To be fair we were heading into a downward spiral in terms of how globalization wasn't caring for the inevitable environmental crisis. While we can evolve around COVID and get to treatments or a vaccine we can't recover easily from catastrophic earthquakes, rising temperatures that damaged roads and buildings, or floods that take over areas people live in. While we can all agree that the economic repercussions will be brutal and scary we also have to understand that we need to redesign elements of this system because quite possibly if we don't the consequences will be even worse.

[dkpqzm]

Nothing will ever be the same again. We've just experienced another world wide revolution.

[boink]

After the pandemic, things will pick up again. There is no need to be too depressing. Let's concentrate on doing what we need to in order to get over this pandemic.

[ggc]

Earth says I can't take all these people and their pollution anymore.

[heww]

So why will travel NEVER be the same again. You did not answer that.

[ideasfortravelers]

thx to coronavirus I got a chance to get to know my family, you know what there are really nice people.

[deepkumar]

Travel is your own personal journey. This may be the best time to discover the gems in your own country.

[Dayserking]

“Why travel will never be the same” <— clickbait
Flights will not return to pre-pandemic levels for a few years, like you said. Don’t spread this kind of “permanent dystopia” sentiment - things are already hard enough as it is 🙄

[HopeForTheHighway]

The only nation I visited in 2020:






Imagination

[jroig]

I really doubt you guys can predict the future so well. We'll see what happens when the pandemic is over

[sankarabharathisrinivasan]

1:50
IATA chief says until 2023
Narrator : Several years.

[geoffwaring]

tldr: business travel will be slightly lower for a few years, maybe.

[H]

Travelling will never be the same is too exaggerated.

[sa]

Glad i got to atleast travel for 3 years as normal traveler before this started. Just bummed i wont be able to move as freely now

[dusanstanko]

Stay home and countries should become more self sufficient