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Chinese travelers only take a few leisure trips a year, but travel is rarely far from their minds. Mobile devices mean that information is always at their fingertips, and travelers are eating it up. With an ever-growing traveler population, destinations and travel marketers need to consistently entice travelers to remain top of mind.Analyst: Mark BlutsteinTopic: Destination & Activities MarketingRegion: Asia PacificResearch Type: Infographic
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Australian travelers only take a few leisure trips a year, but travel is rarely far from their minds. Mobile devices mean that information is always at their fingertips, and travelers are eating it up. Twenty-three percent of Australian destination selectors say they actively research new trips at least once a month; destinations and travel marketers need to consistently entice travelers to remain top of mind.Analyst: Mark BlutsteinTopic: Destination & Activities MarketingRegion: Asia PacificResearch Type: Infographic
Brazilian travelers only take a few leisure trips a year, but travel is rarely far from their minds. Mobile devices mean that information is always at their fingertips, and travelers are eating it up. Thirty percent of Brazilian destination selectors say they actively research new trips at least once a month; destinations and travel marketers need to consistently entice travelers to remain top of mind.Analyst: Mark BlutsteinTopic: Destination & Activities MarketingRegion: Asia PacificResearch Type: Infographic
Mexican travelers only take a few leisure trips a year, but travel is rarely far from their minds. Mobile devices mean that information is always at their fingertips, and travelers are eating it up. Nineteen percent of Mexican destination selectors say they actively research new trips at least once a month; destinations and travel marketers need to consistently entice travelers to remain top of mind.Analyst: Mark BlutsteinTopic: Destination & Activities MarketingRegion: Latin AmericaResearch Type: Infographic
German travelers only take a few leisure trips a year, but travel is rarely far from their minds. Mobile devices mean that information is always at their fingertips, and travelers are eating it up. Twenty-two percent of German destination selectors saythey actively research new trips at least once a month; destinations and travel marketers need to consistently entice travelers to remain top of mind.Analyst: Mark BlutsteinTopic: Destination & Activities MarketingRegion: EuropeResearch Type: Infographic
U.K. travelers only take a few leisure trips a year, but travel is rarely far from their minds. Mobile devices mean that information is always at their fingertips, and travelers are eating it up. Twenty percent of U.K. destination selectors say they actively research new trips at least once a month; destinations and travel marketers need to consistently entice travelers to remain top of mind.Analyst: Mark BlutsteinTopic: Destination & Activities MarketingRegion: EuropeResearch Type: Infographic
The travel value chain has finally begun to understand the opportunity to generate incremental revenue from in-destination tours, activities and dining, and the competition to provide these services has never been more intense. Phocuswright estimates that the global tours and activities market will reach US$183 billion by 2020. The competitive landscape is broad and fierce, ranging from traditional and online travel agents, to hoteliers, tours and activity aggregators, and the online powerhouse, Google. Given the fragmentation and competition in the in-destination activity space, who will ultimately be the victor?Analyst: Norm RoseTopics: Destination & Activities Marketing, Technology InnovationSegment: Tours & PackagesResearch Type: Report
U.S. travelers only take a few leisure trips a year, but travel is rarely far from their minds. Mobile devices mean that information is always at their fingertips, and travelers are eating it up. A quarter of U.S. destination selectors say they actively research new trips at least once a month; destinations and travel marketers need to consistently entice travelers to remain top of mind.Analyst: Mark BlutsteinTopics: Consumer Trends, Destination & Activities MarketingRegion: U.S. & CanadaResearch Type: Infographic
From perfectly filtered social media posts to heartfelt recollections of friends, visually stunning scenes from movies, and glossy magazine covers, travelers are exposed to an array of inspiration sources that seed ideas of spectacular places they hope to one day see. But with a world of options, travelers must carefully whittle down their options to the one that most speaks to their wishes. Most travelers take just a handful of leisure trips each year. After accounting for the trips to visit family and friends or to attend social obligations – weddings, graduations, reunions – the pool of trips left where travelers actually get to choose their destination independently shrinks. Within various markets across the globe, including the U.S., Brazil, Australia, China, Mexico, Germany and the U.K, less than half of leisure travelers traveled to a destination they could choose at their whim over the past year.Analysts: Alice Jong, Mark BlutsteinTopics: Destination & Activities Marketing, Consumer TrendsSegments: Hotels & Lodging, Online Travel Agencies, Tours & PackagesRegions: Asia Pacific, Europe, Latin America, U.S. & CanadaResearch Type: Report
When Apple introduced their first smartphone in 2007, the main function was to make phone calls. Ten years later, adoption of smartphones, with their many capabilities, has skyrocketed. Among U.S. travelers, smartphone adoption happened even faster than with the general population. As early users, travelers embraced the opportunity to shift travel tasks from their desktop to their smartphones.Analyst: Mark BlutsteinTopics: Mobile, Technology InnovationRegion: U.S. & CanadaResearch Type: Report