What countries are the most confident in opening doors to international visitors?

Indian and Thai people believe that their countries are ready to reopen the border to welcome international tourists. 

When suitcases covered full of dust, visitors all over the world are wondering themself when and how everything returns to as before Covid-19 arising that they can comfort going to their favorite places? And what countries are ready to welcome the returning of international visitors?

The result of an international survey named Unravel Travel recently announced on the confidence of countries in reopening their border to tourists. Therefore, India and Thailand are 2 countries ranked on top of the list, with 76 scores. 4/5 Thai people believe their country is good at preparing to welcome tourists. This is the country having the highest support in reopening the door to tourists as 93% of Thai people realized the importance of tourism to the local economy.  

Many travelers want to choose Thailand as the first destination to visit if the borders reopen.

This position is based on 2 factors: a comfortable level of people when traveling internationally within the next 12 months and they feel stable when their countries welcome tourists again.

Among the South East Asia countries, the land of the golden church has the most attraction to domestic. 91% of asked people want to support domestic tourism centers in the next 1 year. This is a positive sign when Thailand invested about 720 million USD to stimulate domestic tourism. 

Saurabh Sardana who takes responsibility for managing daily activities (COO) at Blackbox Research noted, building belief of travelers during the period of the pandemic is an important key. Thailand needs to take advantage of its success in controling disease to create that belief. At present, the infection rate in Thailand is at a low level. This country also has a strong community health system, playing an important role in managing conditions. So, this country is considered by many a believable destination regionally and internationally. 

The next names in the list are China (69 scores), Indonesia (65 scores), Singapore (64 scores). The last is Japan. The rising land people show caution with this idea, recording 40 scores. The next is the Philippines (43 scores). 

Western countries have scored lower than average level which are Sweden, England, Canada, USA... Although, Japan still the country that tops the list on destinations that Asia tourists want to call at the most after reopening the border. With Western tourists, the most desirable destination is Spain. 

44% of asked people still want to avoid international vacations. 32% of Japanese, 42% of the Philippines, 43% of New Zealand, and 52% of Australia agree with this opinion. 

Up to 80% of tourists are ready to pay more money to have a safety accommodation. 74% of people are ready to pay higher travel insurance in exchanging more comprehensive protection. 76% of the asked said they are favor to coming to remote, fewer people places. 66% of people want to travel in their own vehicle, 18% choose plane, 9% option taxi, and 7% prefer sitting on a bus or train. 

On future travel plans, 44% of tourists want to have boarding tickets online, 43% want to use the toilet without contacting in hand more. 63% of the asked people want to seat in a flight that has emptying middle seats. 

The survey was conducted by Blackbox Research (the leading social research organization in Singapore), Dynata (the online market research company in USD), and Language Connect (the top translation service providing agency in the world). It has 10.195 persons in 17 countries who participated in answering the survey.