But the introduction of social distancing measures this year suddenly placed major barriers on movement.
But what does this actually mean?
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As he explained, about 50% of freight trucks on the road are empty or partially empty.
This is not only extremely inefficient, its also contributing to higher congestion and pollution rates.
It was time for some much-needed tech disruption.
However, during the lockdown period, everything changed.
Quicargo saw a lot of smaller companies that started to deliver for the first time register on their platform.
This really helped family-owned transport companies survive during this period.
Companies are realizing now that they cant just keep doing what theyve always been doing.
I think digital solutions across industries are becoming tech ambassadors.
Why blockchain you may ask?
The great thing about blockchain is that data can be managed and stored, without infringing on data privacy.
But it isnt just the healthcare industry thats benefiting from blockchain.
Next to verified information supply, there has been significantly less personal contact during the pandemic.
Every step of the process is safeguarded on the LTO web connection blockchain.
Increasing adoption could also greatly accelerate the untapped potential of blockchain tech in the future.
But how will travel change in the post-COVID world?
People have been dreaming about finally doing that once in a lifetime trip around the world.
We expect to see a lot of these types of trips happen post-COVID.
In the past six weeks we saw a sharp increase.
At the same time, it isnt all about dreaming.
Travel inspiration is helping users treat their wanderlust with experiences closer to home.
In the last four to six weeks weve seen an increase in the amount of people traveling.
But, even the most spontaneous travelers will need to plan their trips a bit more than usual.
Especially if youve been traveling in Europe recently, things have gotten more confusing.
And this uncertainty is likely to continue at least until 2021.
This means travel plans will also need to be as flexible as possible.
As Droste explained, this is all about curation.
Droste has interesting predictions for the punch in of travel well be doing in the future.
One of the biggest challenges to travel before was over-tourism.
I think that by 2030 the trend will be away from big cities and towards new destinations.
Because of Corona, people are also realizing there are great places to visit near home.
That just goes to show, youre never done exploring.
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