ABTA is asking agents to complete a new survey to help the association and its partners in the Save Future Travel Coalition (SFTC) to assess booking trends following the removal of UK travel restrictions.

The survey also aims to assess the latest employment situation and will help to help track the industry’s recovery and establish valuable evidence on remaining barriers and challenges.

ABTA Public Affairs Manager Emma Wade said: “The industry is clearly in a much more positive place compared to where we were at the start of the year when travel was still heavily restricted, but we know that the recovery is not without its challenges.

“We continue to engage with ministers, politicians, and government officials on what the sector needs to ensure a steady recovery and insight and evidence from Members, and our Coalition partners, is vital to this work.

“As we have seen during the course of the pandemic, accurate and reliable data has played an important part in the direction of public policy and will undoubtedly continue to do so in the coming months. Member data is a value source of information and plays a vital role in supporting ABTA’s political engagement.

“We’re grateful to members for their input to date and encourage them to take part in this latest survey so we have the most up to date evidence available to support our lobbying.”

The survey, which takes 10-15 minutes to complete, is here. ABTA members and those who are members of SFTC organisations can take part.