Vaccine ‘no magic bullet’ to restoring traveller confidence
The availability of Covid-19 vaccines is "no magic bullet" and it will take more to restore consumers' confidence to travel, according to a leading health and safety expert.
Callum Irvine, health safety and environment practice lead at Deloitte, said global standards to tackle the coronavirus remain crucial to restoring travel demand.
He noted: "Polls show an all-time low in consumer confidence. A VisitBritain poll showed three quarters of consumers were not expecting to travel in the near future.
"So we're preparing the industry [to restart] but consumer confidence isn't there yet. Could the vaccine bridge some of that gap? We hope so, but there are a lot of other factors at play.
