Spike in coronavirus infection has chilling effect on leisure travel

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A record 41.5% of people in the United States have no plans for leisure travel for the rest of 2020 as coronavirus infections increase in certain parts of the country, according to Destination Analyst, a travel and tourism market research firm.

This figure is more than double of the roughly 15% of people who had no plans for vacation travel for the rest of the year in March, when the pandemic hit the U.S. and states began to shut down their economies.

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