One of the most jarring consequences of a pandemic in our interconnected world has been the restriction of individual movement. The freedom to travel, locally or abroad, has been limited. Beyond canceled vacations and business trips, the travel, tourism and hospitality industries have been crippled. Only recently have experts begun imagining travel in a post-COVID-19 world. To better understand predictions about the future of travel, APCO Worldwide's digital team compiled an informal database of 100 forecasts published recently in more than 30 unique media outlets. Using a Natural Language Processing algorithm to group predictions by thematic similarity, the team analyzed common trends between the forecasts. Communicators in all industries can use similar predictive landscapes to understand trends.
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