While leisure travel spikes, business travel remains half of what it was

Tourism numbers are back up. New flights are multiplying in airports across the region. But business travel has been slow to join the party.

  • By Amanda Postma
  • | 12:00 p.m. August 12, 2021
File. Business travel has been slow to bounce back despite airplanes being full.
File. Business travel has been slow to bounce back despite airplanes being full.
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The pandemic placed a strain on travel in general. 

 

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