How to get the best bang for your travel buck in 2021

As we all go back to basics, what are the lessons from 2020 – and how can you maximise your holiday spend in 2021?

The Kimberley region in WA is expected to be a tourism hot spot in 2021, as are other places off the beaten track.

Fiona CarruthersTravel editor

Dec 29, 2020 – 12.00am

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When it comes to travel, the wipeout that was 2020 has been so deeply etched that it hardly needs summarising. Virtually everyone has cancelled a holiday many times over, and the “credit points” bank is close to overflowing.

Global international arrivals for the year dropped 75 per cent compared to 2019 figures – marking a return to 1990 travel volumes, according to the United Nations World Tourism Organisation.

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Fiona CarruthersTravel editorFiona Carruthers has written and edited travel for the Financial Review for almost a decade. She has held senior roles with ABC Radio National, Deutsche Welle Radio, TIME and The Australian, and was deputy editor of Traveller.