COVID-19 pandemic

=== Travel ===
There was a "travel boom" causing air travel to recover at rates faster than anticipated, and the aviation industry became profitable in 2023 for the first time since 2019, before the pandemic.<ref>{{#invoke:Cite web ||date=5 June 2023 |title=IATA says airline industry is rapidly returning to profitability |url=https://www.euronews.com/2023/06/05/iata-says-air-passenger-numbers-have-almost-recovered-to-pre-covid-19-levels |access-date=30 July 2023 |website=euronews }}</ref> However, economic issues meant some predicted that the boom would begin to slow down.<ref>{{#invoke:Cite web ||last=Sutherland |first=Brooke |date=28 July 2023 |title=Post-pandemic travel boom is running out of steam |url=https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2023/07/28/world/covid-travel-boom/ |access-date=30 July 2023 |website=The Japan Times }}</ref> Business travel on airlines was still below pre-pandemic levels and is predicted not to recover.<ref>{{#invoke:Cite news ||last1=Sugiura |first1=Eri |last2=Wright |first2=Robert |date=7 July 2023 |title=Can the post-pandemic travel boom endure? |work=Financial Times |url=https://www.ft.com/content/f9cb24f5-8da8-4956-966b-a1348b79e151 |access-date=30 July 2023}}</ref>