Research Insights
The Fastest Growing Online Markets
The Fastest Growing Online Markets
- Published:
- December 2016
Global travel market gross bookings will reach $1.3 trillion by 2017.
Global online bookings rose 3% in 2015 to $464 billion.
Developed online markets will grow just 15% from 2014 to 2017, compared to 61% for emerging online markets (led by APAC). Purchase Phocuswright's Global Online Travel Overview Fourth Edition for more up-to-date, top-level analysis of the world's major regions.
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