THE anticipated lowering of COVID-19 restrictions two weeks ago clearly led to a spike in travel bookings, according to the latest exclusive News Corp Australia consumer spending data.
The figures are still way down, sitting at -89% year-on-year, but that’s an improvement from when the index bottomed out at -96% in mid-Apr.
Travellers are planning to go on holidays within their home states now, according to News Corp MD Food & Travel Fiona Nilsson, who noted that online searches for camping leapt 30% week-on-week after the most recent easings were announced.
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