
The word "holiday" means different things to different people as lockdown restrictions start to ease.
Holidaymakers who do decide to go ahead with holidays are should expect temperature monitoring, wearing face masks while out and about on holiday and changes to eating out.
Emirates airline has already started testing passengers in Dubai for coronavirus, while in Abu Dhabi Etihad Airways has trialled self-check-in kiosks that, as well as scanning your passport, can also identify symptoms of the virus using monitors for temperature, heart rate and respiration.
The reality is that travel as we know it has changed for the foreseeable future.
Security boss Dan Hill, who was on the first flight from Spain to Cardiff after lockdown, described how his temperature was taken when he landed at Malaga on the outbound trip, the forms that had to be filled in before he could travel and the restrictions on board the plane that included wearing your mask at all times and no food being served.
But polls have shown that people still want to travel. Skyscanner’s poll of 2,274 adults found a third want to travel "as soon as it’s safe and restrictions allow", while a survey of Cosmopolitan UK readers found that 54% of readers hope to go on holiday this year.
One Welsh travel expert has said that there has been "positive feedback" from people who have already gone on holiday.
Helen Tustin, director of Wellbeing Travel in Bridgend, says: "Whilst some people have decided to travel abroad there has been some positive feedback with people enjoying their holidays, albeit either in a different destination or different ways than they did before the pandemic."
She added: "The best piece of advice I would give to a customer travelling overseas or in the UK is to read and understand the advice given by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and to ask your travel agent about changes and new guidelines provided by hotels.
"There is no getting away from the fact that some hotel experiences will be different to the way they were before, but in some cases this can better enhance your experience for example, a number of hotels no longer offer self service buffets and instead offer full service buffets where waiting staff will be offering à la carte style service."
Helen added that feedback from people how had been on holiday was positive and most guidelines at airports and in resorts had been positive.
There are many regulations in different countries that are popular with holidaymakers.
The FCO travel information for Spain states that the use of face masks is obligatory to anyone over the age of six years old in all public spaces, in Greece and France you have to wear face masks on public transport and in Italy you have to wear them in all enclosed spaces.
Helen says: "Both travelling and overseas is a far quieter experience but people have said they have enjoyed their time away and can’t wait to return soon."
There are some issues with insurance, but there are some companies that are willing to cover for Covid-19,
Helen says: "Now might be a good time to look at purchasing a yearly policy.
"This allows an easy transfer should you wish to defer or transfer to a different date your travel agent can help with this.
"You need to make sure you read the terms of the policy the number one fact is if you are travelling against FCO advice there will be no cover."
The most popular destinations are places where people feel the most secure and where they come into contact with fewer people.
While people are opting to stay closer to home for 2020, they are looking further afield for 2021,
Helen says: "The Maldives and Seychelles for example have captured a lot of people’s interest as they have had relatively low infection rates and most resorts offer private villas, this is more so for 2021.
"Interest for this year is closer to home Spain , Canaries, Greece, Italy.
"There are also a lot of passengers visiting a destination they have been to previously. In times of the unknown in the world this possibly gives people some reassurance."