Two years after the first Covid-19 cases emerged in Wuhan, China, and the coronavirus pandemic is rolling along stronger than ever. What this means for travel stocks, however, remains fuzzy.
Yes, the omicron variant appears to be more transmissible than the original virus or its delta variant. And we all remember how the world shuddered to a stop in March 2020 as Covid-19 started sweeping the globe.
Travel stocks were one of the hardest-hit sectors.
But not all is lost. As an investor, you have to be prepared for the idea that omicron won’t have the same debilitating impact as the original virus.
First, there are vaccines readily available in the U.S. and in many parts of the world. More than 4.4 billion people already…