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The 10 places people most want to visit in the US once travel can resume, according to Booking.com

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  • Due to the novel coronavirus, many travelers have had to cancel travel plans. However, travelers are still thinking about where to go when it's safe to do so.
  • Popular travel booking site Booking.com analyzed the most popular places users saved or "wish-listed" in March and April of 2020 to determine where travelers are most looking forward to visiting once travel can resume.
  • Notably, there's been a sharp interest increase in domestic travel, with 71% of Americans looking at domestic locations, up from 58% last year.

Many Americans had to cancel travel plans to follow shelter-in-place guidelines when the novel coronavirus spread. The hotel and airline industries have been hit particularly hard from recent disruptions, with airlines having to fly "ghost" planes and hotels around the world temporarily closing. But that doesn't mean we aren't all dreaming of our post-quarantine vacation.

As an avid traveler who had to recently cancel a bucket list trip to Portugal and the Dolomites, I've been following more travel accounts on Instagram than usual for future #travelinspo, using Zoom backgrounds to go on virtual getaways, and making hotel cocktail recipes to satiate my wanderlust — for now.

I've also been scrolling booking sites and thinking about where I'll go first once travel is safe again, as well as closely following expert advice to determine if options like rental cars and secluded Airbnbs are safe (good news, they largely are).

It seems I'm not alone. According to the popular travel booking site Booking.com, many Americans are scrolling and saving or "wish listing" destinations and hotels they want to visit. The Booking team recently looked at data from users' wish lists between March and April 2020 and found that Americans are among the top 10 nationalities wish-listing the most.

They also noted a definitive shift towards an interest in domestic travel. While some predictable international destinations like Cancun, Paris, and London continued to be popular, over half (51%) of wish listings feature domestic stays.

Of all destinations on global wish lists, this is a jump from the same time last year when domestic properties accounted for just 33% of wish lists on Booking.com. In the US, the shift toward domestic travel planning is more pronounced, with an increase to 71% up from 58% last year.

Beaches seem to top of mind for many travelers, with destinations like Miami Beach and Myrtle Beach ranking highly, along with consistent big city favorites like New York.

These are the 10 places in the US people most want to visit, according to Booking.com.Read the original article on Business Insider
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