Older travellers will be the first to return

G Adventures expects older holidaymakers to be travelling sooner than their younger counterparts, thanks to the deployment of vaccines.

Bruce Poon Tip, founder of the adventure travel specialist, said the operator had initially planned for younger travellers to be the first market to return - but with vaccinations being given to older people first, it had to change its plans.

"Most of the world's elderly population - or in terms of the Western world - is going to be vaccinated before the end of March," he said.

"They're going to travel sooner."