By order of Visa's global survey conducted Global Travel Intentions Study 2013, which brought 12,631 tourists from 25 countries.
According to the survey, this year's global average budget per trip will increase from the current $ 2390 to $ 2501.The most willing to spend money on travel Saudis (an average of $ 6,666 per trip), followed by a relatively small margin by the Australians ($ 4118) and Chinese ($ 3824).The biggest increase in spending on travel is expected in Asian markets, where residents are planning to increase their holiday budget by an average of 46%.Moreover, tourists from Singapore, Thailand and Hong Kong are going to spend the next trip at least twice as much money than the previous one.
Among European travelers the most willing to spend money on travel is Russian tourists (an average of $ 2569).And in the future they plan to increase the budget for travel by 36% - up to $ 3501.Over the past two years, the Russians went on holiday an average of 4 times.This figure - the highest among all the regions that participated in the study.The most popular destinations for overseas travel among Russians are Turkey, Egypt, France, Italy and Spain.42% of Russian travelers are turning to the services of travel agencies.The average duration of trip for them on one day more than in the whole of Europe, and amounts to 11 days.
During his stay abroad, Russian tourists prefer to stay in hotels 4 * and above, with a lesser degree of preference for budget airlines when buying tickets (11% vs. 21% on average in Europe).In addition, the survey showed that the United States remains the most popular tourist destination in the world in the number of trips during the past two years (17%).In addition, in 2013 10% of travelers planning to visit the United States.
list of the most popular destinations in 2011 and 2012 continue to United Kingdom (12%) and France (12%), followed by China, Singapore, Thailand and Hong Kong (10%).As for the future, the tourism in the Asia Pacific region will continue to grow, especially given its growing popularity and economic power.It is expected that 31% of the total number of tourists will visit the Asia-Pacific countries, including the newly included in the list of the most popular and promising areas of the region - Australia (4%) and Korea (3%).
Travelers also included Japan (5%) and Australia (4%), along with the United Kingdom (5%) of the four most popular destinations for future trips abroad.The study results make a portrait of the average traveler.It is, first of all, an experienced hiker: 79% of the respondents traveled abroad in the past two years, making an average of one or two trips a year.80% plan their journey in advance, since the preparation of an average of 10 weeks before departure.The most popular motive for travel 38% of the respondents named the desire to spend time with friends and family.Takie trips are usually organized independently (as reported by 42%) and last for an average of 10 days.To accommodate 39% of the respondents chose the hotel four stars and above.69% of respondents said they are sent abroad with his family.
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