Skift Travel Health Index: May 2026 Highlights
Skift Travel Health Index: May 2026 Highlights
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The index fell to 97 in May, but this does not indicate that people have stopped traveling; travelers have just become more selective about where they spend their money.
Report Overview
This report highlights the latest insights from the Skift Travel Health Index. The index covers travel’s performance from January 2020, up to and including May 2026.
The Skift Travel Health Index is a real-time measure of the performance of the travel industry at large, and the core verticals within it. It provides the travel industry with a powerful tool for strategic planning, which is of the utmost importance as times remain uncertain.
Skift Research launched the Skift Recovery Index in May 2020, which was rebranded as the Skift Travel Health Index at the start of 2022, to reflect some far-ranging changes: the addition of many more indicators, additional data partners and, most importantly, our continued effort to track the industry health beyond the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.
We are grateful for the continued support of our other data partners: Amadeus, Beyond, Cloudbeds, Collinson, Criteo, Duetto,GoNexus Group, Key Data Dashboard, Lighthouse, Nium, OAG, Onyx CenterSource, Shiji Group, Skyscanner, Sojern, The Data Appeal Company, TravelgateX, and TrustYou. Their data allow us to provide you with a monthly assessment of travel’s performance.
