Prospects for September-December 2023 point to continued recovery, according to the latest UNWTO Confidence Index, though at a more moderate pace following the peak travel season of June-August.

The UNWTO World Tourism Barometer contains results by region, sub-region and country, including best-performing destinations in terms of international arrivals and receipts over the first seven months of the year.

Bali’s tourism has skyrocketed over the first half of 2023 with over nine million visitors passing through the province’s only commercial airport, and these numbers are expected to continue to rise.

About 85% of the holiday weekend travel will be in the form of road trips. More than 1 million people in Wisconsin are estimated to take a road trip this year, which AAA said is a first for the state.

A third major US airline, Delta Air Lines, did not immediately respond to a request for information about its planned operations for the weekend.

In some cases, registrations for IATA-certified cabin crew learning programmes have shot up by at least 40 per cent since Q4 last year as airlines ramp up their hiring activity to unprecedented levels.