Kuwait agencies have little optimism about this year’s travel chances

Kuwait agencies have little optimism about this year’s travel chances

By Nawara Fattahova

KUWAIT: Everyone wants to travel in summer and many people are already planning their trips, but whether this will be possible is not clear yet, due to the still-raging pandemic. The Eid Al Fitr holiday, which will begin next week, also used to be high season for travelling, but last year was a washout and this year doesn’t seem much different.

According to Ghasan Saleem, Sales Manager at Al-Othman Travel Agency, the situation is not stable around the world. “The situation in most countries is still bad and many are under lockdown, so most people are afraid to travel and don’t want to take the risk, especially now with the new Indian strain of the virus. The situation is not clear yet for this summer,” he told Kuwait Times.

“The majority of our work for the past couple of months was making bookings for domestic workers, and the remaining bookings were for medical treatment and study. Recently we worked on umrah trips, but still not the usual volume. The most popular destinations if people start travelling again will be Turkey, Lebanon and Europe,” added Saleem.

He is pessimistic about travelling this year. “I don’t see any positive signs. The number of