The confluence of events caused by the apparent end of the pandemic, with the pent-up demand, and a Holy Year, will serve to get the Camino back to pre-pandemic levels by the end of the 2021 season. We are seeing that now in the daily arrival numbers at the Pilgrim Office.
While the daily arrival numbers are fraction of 2019 numbers, they are increasing each week. I predicted earlier that, by the end of the 2021 season, we would be almost back to pre-pandemic arrival patterns.
In 2022, the damn will burst. There is still a lot of pent-up demand and the Holy Year was extended by the Pope to encompass all of 2022.
Here they come!
Tom