COVID-19 comfort level on attending conventions U.S. 2021

The coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic disrupted travel plans worldwide, affecting the comfort levels of traveling. According to a December 2020 survey, only one-third of the interviewed business travelers in the United States would feel comfortable attending conventions or conferences in January 2021. In contrast, about 64 percent of respondents would be comfortable visiting conventions in September 2021.

Thinking about the current situation of the COVID-19 pandemic, in which month would you feel comfortable to attend conventions or conferences in 2021?

Characteristic	Share of respondents who feel comfortable or very comfortable
January	34%
February	36.3%
March	38.8%
April	42.1%
May	43.6%
June	51.3%
July	53.2%
August	56%
September	63.9%
Sometime later in 2021	65%

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Release date

December 2020

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Region

United States

Survey time period

December 11 to 13, 2020

Number of respondents

364 respondents

Special properties

Respondents who have traveled for a convention/conference in the last 2 years

Supplementary notes

The survey question was phrased by the source as follows:
"Please think about the current path of the COVID-19 situation, and imagine your employer asks you to attend a convention of conference next year. For each month listed, how comfortable do you expect you would be attending the convention or conference? (Select one to fill in the blank for each month I would be ___________________ attending a conference or convention in this month.)"
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