Will travel become a rarity? (Given all the recent events)

[ArchibaultNew]

Hey guys,

We have seen:
1-The Pandemic
2-The Rise of Video Conference and Zoom technology
3-A potential European war, plus the cutting of the Soviet countries.

[WilliamSmith]

Yeah, it is looking a bit iffy, and obviously TPTB tried to pull out the stops to implement vaccine passports, and now they're starting the war vs Russia, and will probably stage the "cyberpandemic" they've been telegraphing for years (and blame it all on Russia and China). Then they'll probably try to use that as an excuse to shut down accounts of anyone who says or does anything at all they don't like.

Personally, I have to stay here (USA) for a while longer building some businesses and taking care of some things here, but:
If I was a lone wolf type of guy (with only myself and no obligations tying me to the states), I would definitely still make the gamble and still try to get out even in this risky macro environment, maybe to East or Southeast Asia, Caribbean or Latin America. If I could get dual or even single citizenship in a decent country out there, I would also renounce my US citizenship as fast as possible, because it's a toxic liability at this point, and they've made it more and more difficult and costly to get rid of it. This isn't advice to anyone else obviously, but that's what I'd do. I wouldn't be surprised if they ramp up the WW3 scenario on purpose and that leads to a lot of travel restrictions, plus who knows how many more biolab viruses they might turn loose on us.

[Raggiana]

These 3 consecutive waves of pandemic, technology and war has shaken the world economy. Careers at losses, businesses trembling, tourism failures and disappearing souls. No wonder why people are travelling less now outside the border. We have a fear of flying to a place and what if we get stuck there for some uprising reason. My cousin flied from London to India and she had to face plenty of checking with her baby. It's so irritating and tiring.
And not to forget about the career and higher studies of the students. All the plannings they did are now rescheduled with dissatisfaction. Studying abroad is not a very good option now. The popping news of the struggling students (both foreign and national) in Russia and Ukraine are so saddening and fearful. Due to the rise of uncertainty of traveling to a foreign land, there has been changes made to other factors.
According to a research, customers are booking on a much shorter lead-times than 2 years ago. Previously, people used to book flights at least before 36 days, but now 80% of the bookings are within a fortnight of departure. Asian travelers have turned to free cancellation and flexible presale bookings. Also there is a rise of insurance coverage now.
We saw too much in 2 years. I will be sort of happy if everything burns into ashes and then start afresh.