Forbes Magazine recently published its Four Biggest Travel Trends for 2020. Two of them stood out to us; so we thought we’d pass them along.

People are talking about green travel and with the rise of carbon offsets for flying or hotels eschewing miniature bottles, it seems like the corporations have caught on. We’re seeing social media influencers post non-descript locations in an effort to decrease over-tourism to beautiful places.

So which of these trends are here to stay for 2020? With the help of experts and data crunchers, here are my predictions for the biggest trends in travel for 2020.

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2. Traveling off-the-beaten-path.

With overtourism, traveling off-the-beaten-path will be the goal in 2020.

As some destinations continue to dominate our social media feeds—Bali, I’m looking at you—there will be rise in so-called second-city travel.

Motivated in part to avoid crowds as well as higher prices, vacationers are beginning to see the benefit of checking out places that are a bit off the typical path.

And the numbers support this. According to Booking.com, 54% of global travelers want to play a part in reducing over-tourism and 51% interested in swapping destinations for a lesser known but similar alternative.

Either way, travelers are more likely to be taking the road less traveled in the year ahead.

3. Big interest in ‘new’ ways of transport.

Call if the Greta Thunberg effect. As flight shame increases consumers are looking to more and different ways to travel.

In Europe domestic flights are reportedly down in a bid by people to decrease climate change. France has proposed a ban on most internal flights.

According to Booking.com, over half of travelers don’t mind taking time to reaching their destinations if they’re traveling by a unique form of transport. As more consumers think about their environmental impact, there will be an increase in interest in older, most sustainable forms of transport like trains or boats.

So there ya go. QBE seems to be right on trend.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/alexandratalty/2020/12/31/the-four-biggest-travel-trends-for-2020