TRAVELLING IN A PANDEMIC by Dumkelechukwu Ajaja No one saw it coming. Absolutely no one saw it coming. Not the World Health Organization, not the United Nations and even our self-acclaimed prophets in Nigeria did not see this pandemic coming. Even with the presence of vaccines at the moment in some countries, Covid-19 has changed the travel industry drastically. Most of the changes in my opinion are very positive changes. Covid-19 has forced the travel industry to evolve and innovate. For instance, the International Air Transport Association (IATA) is working on a digital Covid pass that it believes will lead to re-establishing international air travel more quickly. The digital pass will be an app to be downloaded on a smart phone and will be able to verify if a passenger has had either a negative Covid-19 test or has been vaccinated against the virus. At the same time, a lot of airlines are now working on self-check-in systems to reduce human contact and queues at airports. The same a