The results of a AAA Travel poll reveal most Colorado residents, 61%, are still hesitant to travel almost a year into the COVID-19 pandemic.

That’s despite vaccine distributions and Colorado’s lower rate of infections and COVID-19 deaths per capita compared to many states.

“Our survey drives home that the COVID-19 vaccine is the key to restoring confidence in travel,” Skyler McKinley, director of public affairs for AAA Colorado, said in a statement. “To be clear, we’re not out of the woods yet.”

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And many survey participants would feel more comfortable heading to the woods as 73% indicated they’d feel comfortable camping and driving there in their own vehicle (84%). Far fewer liked the idea of staying in a hotel (47%) and even less flying to get there (32%).

Some other tidbits from the survey of 400 residents, conducted between Jan. 15-24:

• The biggest fear of traveling now is getting sick: 60%
• Many worry about the number of COVID-19 cases (56%) while slightly fewer worry about a new strain: 47%
• Only 26% of participants said they were reluctant to travel now because of financial concerns. That’s likely because economists have been talking about pent-up demand for consumer spending and increased savings levels, much because there’s been no public activities or events to spend discretionary income on.
• Most Colorado residents, 65%, canceled or rescheduled 2020 travel plans, while 80% “did not make, plan to cancel, or hope to reschedule their plans for 2021.”