As the situation changes, people’s Covid-19 immunity or vaccination status may determine the level of liberty they have in society, whether it’s accessing a restaurant or getting on a plane. In 2022, the main obstacle for those who are fully vaccinated will be making sure they are triple jabbed with a booster shot. An arising number of countries, such as Austria, Croatia, Bahrain and Switzerland, are imposing expiry dates on vaccine status, which means it typically lasts for 270 to 360 days.

Until recently, a lot of “luxury” produce, such as mineral water from Fiji and wagyu beef from Japan, has come with a significant carbon footprint. Now, luxury is beginning to be associated with hyper-local sourcing and on-site cultivation, which is motivating hotels and resorts to become more self-sufficient. A good example is the recently opened Keythorpe Hall in Leicestershire, which has almost two acres of land where it grows everything from rainbow chard to delicate white Alpine strawberries. Also in the UK, Heckfield Place in Hampshire has a huge biodynamic farm, walled kitchen garden and even its own herd of dairy cows. Over in the Maldives, the new Patina Maldives, Fari Islands has permaculture plots for growing vegetables and herbs.

Thanks to widespread recognition of the mental health benefits of hallucinogenic plant medicine, psychedelic retreats are a growing form of wellness tourism in countries where access to mind-altering drugs is legal. The proposition was explored in the US TV series Nine Perfect Strangers, which suggests a cultural shift in awareness of hallucinogens. For those who want to dabble in magic mushrooms, ayahuasca or bufo (toad venom), Behold Retreats is hosting various getaways in 2022 in locations such as Costa Rica, Mexico, the Netherlands and Portugal. The Journeymen Collective arranges high-end guided shamanic retreats in the mountains of Vancouver.

Good-old fashioned adventure will return in 2022 with audacious expeditions to places such as Antarctica and the world’s highest mountains as people seek to take on the challenges they have been dreaming of (without lockdowns getting in the way). Travel companies such as Cookson Adventures, Intrepid, Arcadia Expeditions and Aurora Expeditions have all launched new itineraries. In the case of Cookson, clients will be able to visit the secretive Arabian island of Socotra where trees “bleed” red, go tandem paramotoring in the deserts of Oman and hunt for brown bears in the remote volcanic region of Kamchatka in Russia.

According to a survey from Wunderman Thompson, self-improvement is top of the agenda for global consumers. Companies such as eco-resort Aerial BVI in the British Virgin Islands, which opened in 2021 and holds regular summits on abundance, love and strength, are tapping into rising demand for personal betterment through travel. In spring 2022, Mind Environment will be debuting a four-day programme called Moving Mountains With The Mind in the French village of Bardou, where guests will “gain deep psychological insights in a short space of time”.

Following the success of flights to the edge of space with Blue Origin and Virgin Galactic in 2021, space tourism will officially take off in 2022. The first commercial Virgin Galactic flights will take place in the third quarter of 2022, if you’ve got a spare $450,000. Ultimately, the company plans to operate more than one tourist flight a day into space, from multiple spaceports around the world. For those who can’t afford to leave Earth (or don’t want to), French space experience company Orbite is expanding its civilian astronaut training offering with a state-of-the-art facility designed by Mr Philippe Starck in an as yet undisclosed location in the US.