The federal vaccine certificate, which can be downloaded from the myGov website, allows people to gain an international vaccine record they can show when traveling.
State restrictions continue to prevent Australians from crossing internal borders, with the Queensland government website defining all of Victoria, NSW, and the Australian Capital Territory as hotspots.
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The survey shows only 14% of all respondents are likely to travel overseas in this coming holiday period, while 86% are unlikely.
The result changes to 38% being likely and 62% unlikely to travel overseas when asked about plans for 2022.
Many Australians are preparing to travel in 2022 in the hope of heading to destinations with 38% saying they want to head overseas if the conditions allow them to cross borders.
BUT the survey shows the steady fall in Australian border controls has also revived confidence in tourism within Australia to the point where 59% are likely to travel interstate in the year ahead.
Concerns about lockdowns are the greatest barrier to the plans, with 44% of those who are unlikely to travel saying they are worried about being trapped away from home.
The findings suggest concerns about lockdowns are greater than fears of catching COVID-19 when people consider a holiday, with only 24% of the same group naming this as the reason they were unlikely to travel.
Australian Border barriers to travel
The survey shows only 14% of all respondents are likely to travel overseas in this coming holiday period, while 86% are unlikely.
The result changes to 38% being likely and 62% unlikely to travel overseas when asked about plans for 2022.
Travel Plans
The Resolve Political Monitor surveyed 1606 people over six days to November 21 with a margin of error of 2.5% for the results from the full survey group.
When those who are likely to travel overseas were asked where they wanted to go, 39% named Asia while 36% named Europe and 34% named New Zealand the Pacific Islands.
On this question, which allowed people to nominate multiple destinations, 17% named the United States, 5% named Africa, and 4% named South America.
The sweeping federal ban on people leaving Australia ended on November 1 after more than 18 months of emergency restrictions that were imposed by the federal cabinet without a vote in Parliament, but unvaccinated citizens and permanent residents must continue to apply for exemptions to leave.
The federal vaccine certificate, which can be downloaded from the myGov website, allows people to gain an international vaccine record they can show when traveling.
State restrictions continue to prevent Australians from crossing internal borders, with the Queensland government website defining all of Victoria, NSW, and the Australian Capital Territory as hotspots.
Asked if they expected to travel interstate in this coming summer holiday, 36% of respondents said they were likely to do so while 64% said they were unlikely.
That changed when people were asked about the year ahead, with 59% likely to travel interstate during 2022 but 41% unlikely to do so.
