2017 Was a Year of Overcoming Obstacles for the Travel Industry
Richard D'Ambrosio, Travel Market Report
Some travel agents like to say their profession is like taking a flight with uninterrupted turbulence. But 2017 may go down as the wildest ride yet.
“This was an especially crazy year,” said Eben Peck, executive vice president, advocacy with the American Society of Travel Agents, during a press conference Tuesday.
Beginning in January, with a travel ban that caused airport protests and scared some travelers to stay off of planes and away from destinations where they feared they might be targeted, the year presented travel agents with a constant stream of political turmoil that often rocked the industry and kept their phones and email humming.