US enters travel boom!

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The evidence continues to accumulate that once populations are vaccinated they rush back into travel. A lot of fun is being had in US travel spending right now:

Base effects to the moon!

Base effects to the moon!

Mobility is through the roof:

I am free!

I am free!

Travel checkpoints are approaching the bottom of pre-COVID ranges:

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Blast off for travel

Blast off for travel

Likewise, hotel occupancy:

Book me the Presidential Suite

Book me the Presidential Suite

It is my view that not only will travel rebound very fast as humans are unleashed, but there will also be massive pent-up demand for travel everywhere for several years.

This is potentially an outrageous rebound once it gains traction. Even in the Morrison Government Nanny State when it finally gets its vaccine act together.

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And yes, we hold a stack of travel stocks here and abroad in the MB Fund.

About the author
David Llewellyn-Smith is Chief Strategist at the MB Fund and MB Super. David is the founding publisher and editor of MacroBusiness and was the founding publisher and global economy editor of The Diplomat, the Asia Pacific’s leading geo-politics and economics portal. He is also a former gold trader and economic commentator at The Sydney Morning Herald, The Age, the ABC and Business Spectator. He is the co-author of The Great Crash of 2008 with Ross Garnaut and was the editor of the second Garnaut Climate Change Review.