Pandemic panic led to ‘millions of taxpayers’ cash blown on measures with no apparent plan or proof that it was working to protect public health’
Five years after the start of Covid restrictions, the pandemic is shown to have severely damaged the global travel industry. In March 2020, the UK advised against all but essential international travel, leading to canceled package holidays and invalidated travel insurance. The government's frequently changing and allegedly unscientific travel restrictions disrupted millions of travel plans, financially harming airlines, cruise lines, train operators, and holiday firms. The restrictions separated families and, according to the Covid inquiry, had significant economic and social impacts with disproportionate damage to the UK's aviation industry compared to health benefits.