These are the emerging travel trends we will see in 2023 and nine hot destinations to visit

After travel restrictions and a global pandemic, 2022 saw us ticking off bucket list destinations or hurrying back to our favourite spots, but what is in store for travel in 2023? Jillian Bolger has the answer

What travel trends can we expect in 2023?

The pandemic taught us many things, not least that we love to travel. While closed borders encouraged us to explore Ireland in new ways, they also unleashed pent-up enthusiasm for the kind of overseas trips we could only dream about for months on end.

When international borders eventually opened — initially excluding Australia, New Zealand and Japan — many of us brandished our passports with wild abandon.