Catching the COVID-19 virus served as the predominant concern preventing people form traveling abroad. In 2021, 52 percent of respondents confirmed that the virus was the main worry discouraging them from international travel. In this same period, the five other concerns with rather high shares of responses were all related to the global pandemic.

The total number of overseas travel arrivals in Ireland was substantially lower in 2020 and 2021 compared to 2019 due to the impact of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Overall, air arrivals reached around 4.5 million in 2021, declining from nearly 19 million in 2019. Meanwhile, Ireland reported roughly 439 thousand sea arrivals in 2021, denoting a 64.5 percent drop over 2019.

According to a survey conducted in South Korea in March 2024, around 33 percent of respondents stated that they had travel abroad within the last six months. In March of 2023, about 22 percent of respondents reported the same experience. While the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic severely impacted the tourism industry, there are signs of recovery, with overnight stays abroad experiencing a rapid increase as of the second half of 2022.

As of January 2021, almost half of surveyed Hungarians did not expect to be able to travel abroad freely during the summer of 2021. Less than 10 percent of respondents expected travel restrictions to be lifted by July 2021.

Annual overseas travel expenditure by Department of Education. Additional information reported in lieu of inclusion in the annual report. Read the complete annual report at https://qed.qld.gov.au/publications/reports/annual-report#

*Note that there was no overseas travel in 2021–22.

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Overseas travel expenditure incurred by MIWB in 2020-21. This data is published in lieu of inclusion in the annual report.

Information on Queensland Police Service's Queensland Language Services Policy, Overseas Travel for 2021-22, in lieu of inclusion in the annual report.

The Queensland Police Service did not engage any consultants in 2021-22.

In March of 2021, adults in the United States expressed uncertainty toward traveling abroad once the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic was under control. Of the respondents surveyed, 17 percent stated that they were not excited at all to travel abroad again.

Overseas travel undertaken by officers of Queensland Treasury.

Note: An overseas travel expenditure report for the 2021-21 reporting year was not required due to overseas travel not being undertaken by any officers of Queensland Treasury.

China Outbound Tourist: Travel Agency Organized: Taiwan data was reported at 0.000 Person-Time th in 2021. This records a decrease from the previous number of 305.795 Person-Time th for 2020. China Outbound Tourist: Travel Agency Organized: Taiwan data is updated yearly, averaging 2,961.850 Person-Time th from Dec 2012 (Median) to 2021, with 8 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 5,231.076 Person-Time th in 2019 and a record low of 0.000 Person-Time th in 2021. China Outbound Tourist: Travel Agency Organized: Taiwan data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Ministry of Culture and Tourism. The data is categorized under China Premium Database’s Tourism Sector – Table CN.QAC: Outbound Tourist.

Information on Queensland Police Service's Queensland Language Services Policy, Overseas Travel for 2021-22, in lieu of inclusion in the annual report.\r \r The Queensland Police Service did not engage any consultants in 2021-22.

Overseas travel undertaken by officers of the Department of Justice and Attorney-General including name, position, institution/division, date, destination, reason for travel, agency costs and contribution from other agencies or sources.

No overseas travel was reported for the below financial years:

• 2021-22
• 2020-21

Overseas travel undertaken by officers of WorkCover Queensland.

*Note that there was no overseas travel in the 2022-23, 2021-22 or 2020-21 financial years.

This statistic shows the forecasted number of outbound travelers in the Asia Pacific in 2021, by country or region. The number of outbound travelers from China was projected to reach approximately 103.4 million trips.

Additional information reported in lieu of inclusion in the annual report: overseas travel, Queensland Language Services Policy. No consultants were engaged during the 2021–22 reporting year. Therefore, no data set for expenditure on consultancies is published.

Read the annual report here: https://www.statedevelopment.qld.gov.au/about-us/our-department/corporate-publications/annual-report

According to a survey of New Zealand tourism industry owners and operators in April 2021, 76 percent of respondents stated that the opening of travel from other countries was very important for their businesses. At the time of the survey, international arrivals of tourists were banned in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.