They sure did go back to traveling with a vengeance after 2009.
So much that a few weeks ago, the Venice folks were complaining about Over Tourism.
Now look at Venice
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ph1vpnYIxJk
“Now look at Venice”
Yep, they either prohibited cruise ships or were about to. But now, oh so calm and peaceful there. I might put this video on my living room TV screen, just to calm me down as I blab-off about the stock market...