Deepak Jain

With a fast-growing economy and solid infrastructure development across roadways, airports and hotels, India’s travel market is advancing rapidly. India travel gross bookings were projected to grow 9% year over year in 2018 in rupee terms, and will maintain similar gains through 2022. This report provides current data, charts and analysis on the Indian travel market, with sizing and projections from 2016-2022.

Air accessibility – and affordability – is the biggest ongoing development in India, and the government’s regional airport development program is promoting connectivity to smaller cities and towns. Meanwhile, the country’s hotel market is undergoing a supply transformation as the stay experience at budget and unbranded hotels becomes more standardized. This publication presents a high-level view of the Indian travel market, focusing on the need-to-know developments, trends and stories that are impacting the market now.

India’s online travel market is approaching maturity, as more segments transition to digital channels. Through 2022, online travel gross bookings will grow in double digits and outpace the overall travel market. Still, offline sales remain very prominent for travel distribution because of generally low digital payments adoption and weak credit card penetration. This report provides a top-level overview of the Indian travel market, including background, key characteristics, market structure and major players in each segment.

With positive macro factors in place, India’s online travel bookings are thriving, with double-digit growth projected through 2021. As Indian travelers have gained travel experience, their travel frequency has increased, and more are venturing out beyond the country’s borders for the first time. This report provides insight into the Indian online leisure traveler, including general traveler behavior, motivations, purchase incidence and spend, as well as research, shopping and booking practices.

The Asia Pacific (APAC) travel market continues to reap the benefits of a vibrant economy and ongoing infrastructure development supporting travel and tourism, and as a result APAC is now the world’s largest regional travel market. Across the region, travel has become a popular lifestyle choice among the growing middle and upper classes, and travel gross travel bookings are projected to register high single-digit annual growth from 2017 to 2021. The Asia Pacific Online Travel Overview Tenth Edition Market Sheet provides quick and easy access to U.S. travel market sizing data from 2015-2021, including key sectors, segments and distribution channels.

The Asia Pacific (APAC) travel market continues to reap the benefits of a vibrant economy and ongoing infrastructure development supporting travel and tourism, and as a result APAC is now the world’s largest regional travel market. Across the region, travel has become a popular lifestyle choice among the growing middle and upper classes, and travel gross travel bookings are projected to register high single-digit annual growth from 2017 to 2021. This report presents findings on the Asia Pacific leisure travel market, with sizing and projections from 2015-2021.

China is among the world’s fastest-growing economies, and its travel market is projected to grow 9-11% annually for the next several years. This continued growth is being driven by more citizens joining the traveling class, improvements in transportation infrastructure, and suppliers and intermediaries tailoring their products to the Chinese traveler. This report provides market sizing, trends and analysis on the Chinese leisure travel market, with projections through 2021.

A sound economy, low airfares and a strong appetite among its people to see the world are responsible in large part for Australia’s healthy travel market. In New Zealand, where tourism is the largest employer, visitor arrivals grew 10% in the first half of 2017 over the previous corresponding period, while the number of international trips by New Zealanders rose 11%. This report provides market sizing and projections for ANZ's total and online travel markets from 2015-2021, along with analysis of key segments, trends and dynamics that are shaping the market.

In just five years, Europe’s private accommodation marketplace has witnessed explosive growth. Renting is common among European travelers, and a surge in bookings has fueled growth of online distribution platforms. At the same time, a new generation of owners and hosts are getting into the rental game. This report provides sizing and projections for Europe’s private accommodation landscape, and identifies the key players, trends and challenges that characterize the market.

Japan is the second largest travel market in Asia Pacific, and one of the region’s most established online travel markets. While a number of factors are contributing to slowing domestic growth, the nation’s travel industry is responding by increasing its focus on attracting overseas travelers. This report presents market sizing and projections for the Japan total and online leisure/unmanaged business travel markets for 2014-2020, as well as key trends and challenges for the coming years.