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UN Tourism Data Dashboard

The UN Tourism Data Dashboard – provides statistics and insights on key indicators for inbound and outbound tourism at the global, regional and national levels. Data covers tourist arrivals, tourism share of exports and contribution to GDP, source markets, seasonality and accommodation (data on number of rooms, guest and nights)

Two special modules present data on the impact of COVID 19 on tourism as well as a Policy Tracker on Measures to Support Tourism

The UN Tourism/IATA Destination Tracker

Un tourism tourism recovery tracker.

UN Tourism Tourism Data Dashboard

• International tourist arrivals and receipts and export revenues
• International tourism expenditure and departures
• Seasonality
• Tourism Flows
• Accommodation
• Tourism GDP and Employment
• Domestic Tourism

International Tourism and COVID-19

• The pandemic generated a loss of 2.6 billion international arrivals in 2020, 2021 and 2022 combined
• Export revenues from international tourism dropped 62% in 2020 and 59% in 2021, versus 2019 (real terms) and then rebounded in 2022, remaining 34% below pre-pandemic levels.
• The total loss in export revenues from tourism amounts to USD 2.6 trillion for that three-year period.
• International tourist arrivals reached 88% of pre-pandemic levels in January-December 2023

COVID-19: Measures to Support Travel and Tourism

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Keep up with the latest travel trends

Smart business decisions rely on good insights. Keep your finger on the pulse of ever-changing global travel demand trends with actionable data, updated daily. Check out some top insights for your country below, or use the filters to find the data most relevant to you.

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Switch between understanding country-specific demand trends, and comparing flight and accommodation demand across countries. Use the filters to refine your search.

Country-specific travel demand

Use the tabs below to discover inbound and outbound demand trends for your selected origin and destination countries., trends in country demand, city and regional demand, growth of demand, sources of demand.

View the demand trend for travel from a selected origin to a selected destination.

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Understand the relative popularity of cities in your selected destination country. For a broader view of popular destinations for travelers in your origin country, set your destination filter to ‘Worldwide’.

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Understand how demand has shifted over time for your destination country, the area it belongs to, and the cities within it.

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Comparative flight and accommodation demand data

See at a glance how different countries rank for accommodation and airline demand, with relation to inbound demand to and outbound demand from your primary country. use the filters above to select a primary country and up to ten other countries to compare..

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OUTBOUND INTEREST FROM PRIMARY COUNTRY TO SELECTED COUNTRIES

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Daily Travel

How many people are staying at home during the COVID-19 pandemic? How far are people traveling when they don’t stay home? Which states and counties have more people taking trips?

Start exploring our Daily Travel data to answer those questions.

In which States and Counties are people staying at home? Which ones show the most activity?

Dive into the map below to see what percentage of the population is staying at home in your state or county. You can also use the Select A Metric drop-down to see state or county-level measures for the average number of daily trips people are taking and more.

Map of Activity by State or County

How much are people traveling as the pandemic continues.

Use the line graph below to see how the the number of trips has changed over time. Then, use the Select A Metric drop-down to view changes in other measures during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Mobility Over Time: National or by State

When they leave the home, how far are people traveling.

Are people going farther on each trip, or are they sticking close to home? Use the date selector to learn how patterns have changed.

Distribution of Trips by Distance: National, State, and County level

Explore the trips by distance data on your own.

Click on the image below to see the metadata for the Daily Travel data in our Data Inventory . There, you can download the data or use the inventory platform to create your own visualizations and share them with others.

Methodology

The methodology used to develop these data can be found at this link .

The Daily Travel data and number of people staying home and not staying home are estimated for the Bureau of Transportation Statistics by the Maryland Transportation Institute and Center for Advanced Transportation Technology Laboratory at the University of Maryland.

The daily travel estimates are from a mobile device data panel from merged multiple data sources that address the geographic and temporal sample variation issues often observed in a single data source. The merged data panel only includes mobile devices whose anonymized location data meet a set of data quality standards, which further ensures the overall data quality and consistency. The data quality standards consider both temporal frequency and spatial accuracy of anonymized location point observations, temporal coverage and representativeness at the device level, spatial representativeness at the sample and county level, etc. A multi-level weighting method that employs both device and trip-level weights expands the sample to the underlying population at the county and state levels, before travel statistics are computed.

These data are experimental and may not meet all of our quality standards.  Experimental data products are created using new data sources or methodologies that benefit data users in the absence of other relevant products. We are seeking feedback from data users and stakeholders on the quality and usefulness of these new products. Experimental data products that meet our quality standards and demonstrate sufficient user demand may enter regular production if resources permit.

Data in the charts and graphs above is updated weekly on Tuesdays at 10am Eastern Time. The data lags approximately one week behind the current date.

Data analysis is conducted at the aggregate national, state, and county levels.  To assure confidentiality and support data quality, no data are reported for a county if it has fewer than 50 devices in the sample on any given day.

Trips are defined as movements that include a stay of longer than 10 minutes at an anonymized location away from home. A movement with multiple stays of longer than 10 minutes before returning home is counted as multiple trips.

Where’s travel heading, and what do travelers really want? Now the world’s moving again, this global data set looks at travel and travelers to explore what makes or breaks their experience.

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This unique study gives you the window seat on consumers.

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Plunge into new data across hospitality, destinations, tourism, transport, and more.

Unpack the whole journey

Get insights into every stage of the travel purchase journey, from research to reviews.

Know their deal breakers

Uncover consumer attitudes, motivations, and preferences to see what matters most.

Explore their worlds

Sync seamlessly with our Core data set for a tour of travelers’ lives, home and away.

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Give wings to your ideas

Market competition is hot, so it’s never been more important to pay attention to what travelers think, feel, and do. With reliable global travel data, you can track the latest trends and validate your ideas - perfect for building targeted campaigns and bespoke travel packages that drive sales.

Check in with your audience

From business trips to vacations, discover which journeys are worth consumers’ hard-earned cash. With travel preferences on tap, you know exactly where the ROI lies. That sort of quality insight opens the door to big opportunities.

Trust in first-class data

We ask questions others don’t for a robust, reliable view of domestic and international travel. Segment audiences in seconds, or visualize data in shareable charts and dashboards - all using one intuitive platform. It couldn’t be easier to shape five-star strategies your whole organization can get behind.

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Understanding consumer travel sentiment and behavior gives you the tools to align your strategy and stay two steps ahead of competitors. With fresh insights into the ever-evolving travel sector, you can make faster decisions and minimize risk. That makes gaining and retaining market share a breeze.

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Travel and Tourism

Travel and tourism satellite account for 2017-2021.

The travel and tourism industry—as measured by the real output of goods and services sold directly to visitors—increased 64.4 percent in 2021 after decreasing 50.7 percent in 2020, according to the most recent statistics from BEA’s Travel and Tourism Satellite Account.

Data & Articles

• U.S. Travel and Tourism Satellite Account for 2017–2021 By Sarah Osborne - Survey of Current Business February 2023
• "U.S. Travel and Tourism Satellite Account for 2015–2019" By Sarah Osborne - Survey of Current Business December 2020
• "U.S. Travel and Tourism Satellite Account for 2015-2017" By Sarah Osborne and Seth Markowitz - Survey of Current Business June 2018
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Previously Published Estimates

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What is Travel and Tourism?

Measures how much tourists spend and the prices they pay for lodging, airfare, souvenirs, and other travel-related items. These statistics also provide a snapshot of employment in the travel and tourism industries.

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Travel insights: How people plan a trip from beginning to end

When it comes to travel, the path to purchase is full of twists and turns. These travel insights help illuminate the why and how behind trip bookings.

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There is a range of reasons why people across the globe are inspired to book trips..

17% of people surveyed say they were inspired to book a trip simply because they regularly think about trips they want to take .

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16% of people surveyed say they were inspired to book a trip because they had wanted to travel to a destination for some time .

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16% of people surveyed booked a trip because they felt they were due a vacation .

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8% of people surveyed were inspired to travel because they wanted to visit a friend or family member .

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7% of people surveyed booked a trip to travel and celebrate a special event .

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7% of people surveyed booked a trip because they saw a special offer or discounted price for travel to a destination.

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To convert inspiration to bookings, businesses need to ensure they meet travelers' needs..

The average traveler spends 13% of their time online conducting travel-related activities.

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of people surveyed say they didn’t make a booking online when they intended to because it didn’t meet their needs .

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of people surveyed say they didn’t make a booking online when they intended to because the price was too high .

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Even after completing a booking, many travelers continue to research and find inspiration..

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of people surveyed re-research a trip after completing a booking.

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of travelers surveyed cancel and re-book their trip after completing a booking.

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Understand consumer behavior and how consumers search and plan travel to optimize your digital strategy for travel and hotel destinations

8 out of 10 largest travel companies use Similarweb

Why should you rely on Similarweb Travel Data?

Travel and hospitality companies use Similarweb to understand the ‘connected’ digital traveler and analyze traffic and engagement metrics.

Consumer Behavior Analyze 100M+ websites and apps to uncover changes in consumer digital behavior

Competitive Benchmarking Reveal share of traffic and conversion performance across 50+ traffic and metrics for every travel line of business    

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Analyze Travel Audiences and their Browsing Behaviors

Find out which other sites your audience visits; find new and similar sites based on audience demographics to reveal browsing behaviors and consumer trends.

Discover the Travel Consumer's Path to Purchase

View visitation and booking metrics, like conversion rate and converted visits, to find the best-converting channels for any travel, hospitality or leisure brand.

Gain visibility into the destination

Identify the destinations that are garnering the strongest consumer demand and who is winning the battle for consumer bookings.

We answer your most pressing questions about the travel industry:

Growth rate.

What is the growth rate of your industry or category?

Leading players

Who are the leading players in the travel industry and who is gaining market share?

New threats

Who are the new players that might pose a threat to your business?

User engagement

Are consumers more or less engaged on travel websites?

Trending keywords

What are the most trending keywords that consumers use before they land on a travel website?

Top travel destinations

Which travel destinations are high in demand?

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Travel Marketing Data & Insights

We’ve collected, aggregated and analyzed literally billions of travel intent signals like hotel and airline booking data from thousands of travel brands in every corner of the globe—and we continue to do that daily. We call this rich data environment the Sojern Traveler Ecosystem™ which is the foundation of our success and culmination of 15-years worth of hard work. It’s what truly powers our clients’ success and continued growth.

The dashboard below provides a high-level view of our insights updated weekly to help hotels, attractions and destination boards understand travel behavior.

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is the travel data insights dashboard and how do i access it.

Sojern’s Real-time Travel Data Insights Dashboard provides daily travel insights to help hotels, attractions and tourism boards understand travel behavior.

Where does Sojern's data that powers this dashboard come from?

Sojern collects and analyzes travel intent data from thousands of airline and hotel partners from around the world. This gives Sojern an unparalleled view of travel demand and is the foundation of Sojern’s travel insights.

How do I use this information?

The dashboard will provide market insights on when and where demand will increase. Dashboard users will also be able to compare different regions to see when and where travel is anticipated.

How often is the dashboard updated? At what time and in what timezone?

The dashboard will be updated weekly on Mondays at 10:30 am UTC.

Why haven’t we already made this information publicly available before now?

Sojern decided to make the dashboard public because of the unforeseen popularity our unique travel dataset has generated. People around the world are looking for real-time travel data to help them better understand demand.

What is the share of search and booking volume meant to show?

The share of search and booking volume is meant to show the distribution of search and booking volume between three years, with intent to use 2019 as a baseline. By using 2019 as a baseline, it is meant to show where 2021 is trending in comparison to 2020.

How is the share of future flight search and booking volume calculated?

Our share of future flight data calculates the distribution of searches or bookings conducted in the last 14 days for travelers who have considered or booked in the next 11 months. The intent is to identify which months travelers are anticipating to travel.

Why aren’t all markets available on the list?

If you find a country is missing in our dashboard, it means that it does not meet our data requirements for listing.

Want to Know How Travel Demand Affects Your Marketing Strategy?

Many travel businesses struggle to find, engage and retain travelers in a dynamic digital world. The Sojern Travel Marketing Platform was purpose-built to help marketers address the unique complex challenges of the travel buying cycle by providing unrivaled travel insights, multichannel reach and automated optimization.

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Target your ideal travelers with unmatched precision and efficiency. Learn how our cutting-edge technology can help you forge better connections with travelers and the market itself.

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Amex GBT’s CWT Acquisition Underscores Why Complete Travel Data is Essential

Aash Shravah

In the ever-evolving corporate travel landscape, change is not just inevitable—it's an opportunity for growth and innovation. The recent announcement of Amex GBT's plans to acquire CWT for approximately $570 million represents a significant milestone in the industry's journey. This acquisition will bring together two of the largest corporate

Travel Management Fundamentals: What is Travel Data?

Unstructured data, structured data, complete data—these terms can intimidate those who are not accustomed to or well-versed in managing data. While most travel managers wouldn’t consider themselves data experts, they actually acquire and use a massive amount of travel data to do their jobs.

According to a 2021 study by Expedia , 68% of all business travelers book more than half of their travel outside of approved channels. This high level of travel leakage means that travel managers actually need a lot more booking data than they typically have to run efficient programs. 

Data for Travel Management: What is travel data?

In the context of travel management, travel data is the information that pertains to your travelers and their itineraries. This data includes the following:

• Travelers' personal details, including their basics (name, date of birth, emergency contacts, contact details, and home address)
• Travelers' loyalty numbers for travel business programs whereby they are collecting points and maintaining status
• Purchase details, including booking costs, upgrades, taxes and fees (like resort and sustainability fees)
• Travel itinerary details and specifics such as dates and locations of travel plans, booking confirmation numbers, etc.

Gathering and Accessing Travel Data

Travel data can come from many sources, including supplier sites, online travel agencies, travel management companies (TMCs), and aggregation services like Traxo. Oftentimes, data is sent across in reports and spreadsheets or accessed via a direct integration. In the case of Traxo, data is securely consumed in real-time, standardized and stored for easy analysis and portability—which means bookings can be captured quickly and then sent along to travel management partners, like duty of care and price assurance providers.

Data Security: Why It Matters

With personal and travel-specific data, companies need to be mindful of data security —how the data is being collected, maintained, secured, and used in accordance with privacy acts.

More commonly than not, mid-large-scale organizations work with a dedicated travel management company (TMC). The TMC has a secure traveler profile that is used as a depository of traveler-specific details pertinent to booking travel plans on behalf of the respective traveler. Travelers are responsible for setting up and keeping their personal travel profiles to ensure the accuracy of the information being collected and stored.

For start-ups or small-scale companies who may not yet need the services of a TMC, travel managers or administrators really need to consider how their travelers' data is being gathered, stored, and maintained, all the while keeping data security top-of-mind. Utilizing a Google Sheets or Excel Spreadsheet won’t cut it.

If companies are using a travel data aggregation service to capture both TMC and non-TMC itinerary data in one place, they need to ensure that data partner employs high data-security standards. For instance, Traxo employs some of the highest data security standards so clients can rest assured that their employees’ information remains safe.

Travel Data is Essential for Travel Management

Effective travel management has always been contingent on knowing when and where employees are traveling. With modern tools and travel management partners, it’s easier than ever to gain the booking details you need to create travel management programs that optimize costs, keep travelers safer, and make business travel an awesome experience. 

To learn more about accessing complete booking details no matter where travel is booked, fill out the form to schedule a quick call with the Traxo team.

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Overcoming Weather Delays and Mass Cancellations with Traxo

In corporate travel, weather delays and mass cancellations are significant roadblocks . These unexpected situations can lead to missed meetings, lower productivity, and heightened employee stress; taking a toll on overall business performance. The need for efficient management and control of these unpredictable events has never been more critical.

What Travel Management Teams Need to Know About NDC

The world of corporate travel management is constantly evolving, and one of the most significant developments in recent years is the introduction of New Distribution Capability (NDC). NDC is a new standard for airline distribution that aims to modernize and simplify the booking process for travel agencies, travel management companies, and

How Corporate Travel Data Enables Greater Booking Flexibility

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In today's fast-paced business environment, corporate travel management teams face many challenges, such as ensuring the safety and comfort of their business travelers while keeping costs under control. One of the main challenges is to provide flexible booking options that meet the specific needs of their travelers while retaining full visibility.

How Enterprise-Level Companies Address Personal Trips

With the rise of work-from-home and work-from-anywhere trends, as well as the blending of business and leisure travel (also known as "bleisure" trips ), many corporations have shifted their focus from being responsible for the safety and security of the traveler to being accountable for the safety and security of the employee, regardless of their

Using Data for Better Travel Management: What Does Traxo Do?

You may be wondering, "What does Traxo Do?" Traxo helps organizations audit their corporate travel programs by providing full visibility into travel bookings, regardless of the booking source, well before trips actually happen. By parsing booking details from 100,000+ air, car and hotel suppliers, Traxo provides travel managers with comprehensive

2022 Work Trends: Changes in Business Travel and Daily Operations

While the world faces emerging viral outbreaks, inflation and air travel disruptions, business travel continues to rebound from its mid-pandemic low—though its full recovery timeline has been pushed to 2026.

Until recently, businesses went into fight-or-flight mode each time a new COVID variant surfaced, which caused the height of cancellations,

How Complete Travel Data Supports Corporate Sustainability

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As our environment shifts, the importance of corporate sustainability grows stronger. As individual contributors and corporations, the actions and impact that we make together could not be more important than acting to offset our carbon footprint now.

The lasting impact of our actions plays an integral part in the Earth future generations

Traxo Product Update: Automatic Currency Conversion

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6 Tips for Managing Bleisure Travel

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Why You Should Use a Travel Aggregator for Business Travel Data

Imagine waking up to news headlines that war has erupted , a political crisis has ensued, or a newly identified virus has begun to rapidly spread. As your organization's appointed travel manager, would you be scratching your head, wondering if you have employees in the affected region, or would a quick check of your travel aggregator let you know

4 Ways to Ensure Business Travel Safety During International Conflict

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3 Aspects of an Effective Price Assurance Strategy

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The role of a travel manager often varies with the size and scale of organizations. Global organizations may have large, complex travel programs, typically managed by a team of corporate travel professionals . Whereas small to medium-sized businesses may only have a single point of contact managing the travel program. Regardless of the size of your

The Benefits of Using Traxo to Manage Multiple TMCs

Having multiple travel management companies (TMCs) supporting an organization is common in today’s business sector, especially for those with a global presence. This fragmentation makes leveraging a travel program data aggregation and auditing solution mission-critical.

What Are TMCs (Travel Management Companies)?

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Corporate Travel Technology: 3 Travel Management Technologies Every Business Should Implement

New, industry-leading corporate travel t technologies are emerging all the time. We’ve also witnessed businesses   reinventing themselves to stay relevant  as the world changes around us. To continue future-proofing corporate travel programs, there are three key areas where travel managers should focus:

• Ensuring access to complete pre-trip travel

Corporate Travel Program Policy Types

A well-written corporate travel policy provides guidance for business travelers while helping organizations influence behavior, manage spend, utilize preferred suppliers , and keep travelers safe. Despite the numerous benefits a travel policy provides, travel managers still face policy compliance challenges.

How do you move the needle on

Updating Your Travel Program: 5 Corporate Travel Policy Best Practices

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Before diving headfirst into policy changes, let’s take a step back to evaluate the entire

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COVID-19 and Corporate Travel: Steps to Take Now for What Comes Next

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Travel managers have been on the front line of corporate travel’s response to the COVID-19 outbreak. Companies are in varying stages of dealing with the outbreak, but we’ve heard three common themes in how travel teams are approaching this unprecedented new reality.

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• Employees first – Ensuring

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2023 Big Book of Travel Data Reveals $1.28 Trillion in Revenue from Airlines, Hotels, Car Rentals & OTAs 

Allianz partners and ideaworkscompany release report filled with data from  229 airlines, 199 hotel brands, leading car rental companies and otas. .

Richmond, Virginia & Shorewood, Wisconsin, 15 August 2023 :   Allianz Partners, a global leader in travel protection and consumer specialty insurance, and IdeaWorksCompany, the foremost consultant on ancillary revenue, have released the second edition of The Allianz Partners Big Book of Travel Data by IdeaWorksCompany .

The 2023 publication, which expands on last year’s edition, provides a world of industry data for airlines, hotel groups, car rental companies, and online travel agencies (OTAs), and is collated by alphabetical order, size, region, and more.  The 120-page “Big Book” is available free of charge via download at AllianzPartners.com and IdeaWorksCompany.com.  The compilation of data allows for interesting comparisons; here is the list of revenue leaders in each category in 2022:

• OTAs:  $121.3 billion:  Booking Holdings (gross bookings). The company operates Agoda, Booking.com, Kayak, Priceline, and RentalCars.com websites.
• Hotel groups:  $61.4 billion:  Marriott International (estimated room revenue).
• Airlines:  $49 billion:  American Airlines (company revenue).
• Car rental:  $30 billion:  Enterprise Holdings (company revenue).  The company operates the Alamo, Enterprise, and National brands.

The recovery of the travel industry gained full steam during 2022 as evidenced by the annual airline traffic and revenue estimates from IdeaWorksCompany:

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The Big Book is filled with statistics from all over the wide world of travel; here are a few examples from 2022:

• US & Canada had the lowest level of airline traffic growth at 35.4% compared to 2021; on top was Europe at 107.8%.
• Oneworld, SkyTeam, and Star Alliances generated estimated revenue of $413.3 billion, which represented 59.6% of global airline revenue.
• Ryanair Group is the largest low cost carrier with more than 168.6 million passengers, which represents a dramatic 73.6% increase above 2021 results.
• Low cost carriers carried 31.2% of global traffic, but their low fares only generated 16.2% of global revenue.
• H Rewards offered by Huazhu Group Limited of China is the largest frequent guest program with 199 million members.
• American Airlines was the largest employer among the 91 airlines which disclose total employment.  The carrier ended 2022 with 129,700 employees.
• RevPAR for the nine hotel groups [1] appearing in this year’s Big Book was $80.06 for 2022, which is a 50% increase above the 2021 result of $53.29. 
• Airbnb had gross booking value of $63.2 billion for 2022, which represents the customer transactions conducted on its website.  If this were compared to estimated room revenue, Airbnb would rank higher than Marriott International, which holds the top position at $61.4 billion.  Airbnb had 6.6 million active listings at the end of 2022.

The Big Book relies upon a number of sources and methods to determine the results for each company.  Most often this consists of financial documents at company websites, while for others the sources include press releases, and industry articles.  The Big Book of Travel Data will be released on an annual basis.

The full report is available at https://ideaworkscompany.com/reports/.   

IdeaWorksCompany offers a graphic based upon the “Travel Data Comparison of Top 10 Results” table found on page 12 of the Big Book as a JPG file at the press release section of the IdeaWorksCompany.com website.

[1] Accor Group, BTG Hotels Group, Choice Hotels, Hilton Hotels, Huazhu Group Limited, Hyatt Hotels Corp., IHG Hotels & Resorts, Marriott International, and Wyndham Hotel Group.  

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Americans who have traveled internationally stand out in their views and knowledge of foreign affairs

Do people who travel think differently about the world? A new Pew Research Center survey suggests they do.

Americans who have traveled internationally are more interested in and knowledgeable about foreign affairs, feel closer to others around the world, and favor a more active foreign policy, according to the survey of 3,576 U.S. adults conducted in spring 2023. We also surveyed people in 23 other countries about their international travel habits.

This analysis examines international travel with a focus on Americans’ travel, including which Americans travel abroad and how their interest in the world and views of international affairs differ from others.

For this analysis, we surveyed 3,576 U.S. adults from March 20 to March 26, 2023; 3,581 U.S. adults from March 21 to March 27, 2022; and 10,606 U.S. adults from June 14 to June 27, 2021. Everyone who took part in these surveys is a member of the Center’s American Trends Panel (ATP), an online survey panel that is recruited through national, random sampling of residential addresses. This way nearly all U.S. adults have a chance of selection. The survey is weighted to be representative of the U.S. adult population by gender, race, ethnicity, partisan affiliation, education and other categories. Read more about the ATP’s methodology .

For non-U.S. data, this report draws on nationally representative surveys of 27,285 adults conducted from Feb. 20 to May 22, 2023. All surveys were conducted over the phone with adults in Canada, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands, South Korea, Spain, Sweden and the United Kingdom. Surveys were conducted face-to-face in Hungary, Poland, India, Indonesia, Israel, Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa, Argentina, Brazil and Mexico. In Australia, we used a mixed-mode probability-based online panel.

Here are the June 2021 survey questions and responses used in this analysis. Those for the March 2022 survey may be found here , as well as those for the March 2023 survey .

How many Americans have traveled internationally?

Roughly three-quarters of Americans (76%) have visited at least one other country, including 26% who have been to five or more. About a quarter (23%) have not traveled internationally, though most in this group say they would if they had the opportunity.

Related:  How experience with international travel varies across 24 countries

To analyze how Americans’ travel experiences relate to their attitudes on other questions, we placed people into three categories:

• Globe-trotters have traveled to at least five other countries. About a quarter of the U.S. public (26%) falls into this category.
• Casual travelers have traveled to between one and four other countries. Half of Americans fall into this category.
• Nontravelers have never left the United States. This category includes 23% of Americans.

Compared with Americans, people in many European nations are more likely to have traveled to five or more other countries. For instance, 88% of Swedes have done so.

However, international travel is much less common in many middle-income nations. It is strongly correlated with a nation’s gross domestic product per capita. (For more on international travel and views about global engagement, read “Attitudes on an Interconnected World.” )

Who travels internationally?

Perhaps unsurprisingly, older people are more likely than younger people to have traveled internationally. Americans ages 65 and older are more than twice as likely as adults under 30 to fall into our globe-trotter category (37% vs. 17%).

Income is even more strongly related to travel than age. Two-thirds of upper-income Americans have traveled to at least five countries, compared with 9% of Americans with lower incomes.

Similarly, Americans with a postgraduate degree are far more likely to be globe-trotters than those with a high school education or less (59% vs. 10%).

Residents of suburban and urban areas generally have more international travel experience than people who live in rural areas.

There are no significant partisan differences when it comes to international travel: 26% of Democrats and Democratic-leaning independents qualify as globe-trotters, as do 28% of Republicans and GOP leaners.

Do travelers know more about the world?

Globe-trotters are especially likely to say they are interested in foreign affairs and follow international news. Casual travelers, in turn, are more likely than nontravelers to do so.

Globe-trotters are also the most knowledgeable about international affairs. In 2022, we conducted an international affairs quiz , asking Americans 12 questions related to international news. On average, globe-trotters got 8.2 of the 12 questions correct, compared with 6.4 for casual travelers and 4.2 for nontravelers.

Is international travel related to views of global engagement?

International travel experience is also linked to Americans’ views about international affairs and their feelings of connection to other people around the world.

When asked which comes closest to their view, 57% of globe-trotters say the U.S. should be active in world affairs, while 43% say the U.S. should pay less attention to problems in other countries and concentrate on problems at home. In contrast, most casual travelers and nontravelers say the U.S. should focus on problems at home.

In all three groups, at least half of respondents say that when the U.S. is making foreign policy, it should take other countries’ interests into account – even if that means making compromises. But globe-trotters are especially likely to hold that view.

Globe-trotters are also particularly likely to say they feel close to people around the world, with 42% saying so. By comparison, 34% of casual travelers and 30% of nontravelers say this.

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Travel could be a good deal this summer. Here's when plane ticket prices will peak.

Spring is springing, and according to Hopper, it’s time to start thinking about your summer vacation plans.

New data from the online booking site shows some favorable trends for travelers in the next few months, including slightly lower airfares compared with 2023 and hotel and car rental prices that are more or less flat year-over-year.

Here’s what you need to know as you prepare to book, whether you’re looking for a domestic getaway or go on an overseas adventure. It’s also not too late to take advantage of deals on some last-minute trips.

How much are spring and summer plane tickets?

According to Hopper, the best deals right now are on domestic airline tickets. Round-trip flights within the U.S. are averaging $290 in April, but prices are expected to rise in the months ahead.

Hopper’s data shows prices for domestic flights will peak between May and June at $315 on average, then will gradually fall through the summer, reaching a low of $264 on average in September.

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This summer also will be a good time to travel internationally; Hopper data shows fares to most destinations abroad are down compared with last year. 

“Airfare to international destinations continues to improve following two years of bloated prices due to quickly recovering demand, high fuel prices and supply constraints. Airfare to most major regions of the world has dropped compared to last year with the exception of trips to Canada,” Hayley Berg, Hopper’s chief economist, said in the report. “International fares remain higher than pre-pandemic levels to most regions, as higher fuel prices persist and airlines continue to rebuild capacity to many regions.”

How much will a hotel room for the spring and summer cost?

Hotel prices remain mostly flat compared with the same time last year. Rooms in the U.S. are averaging $206 a night; better deals are available in some trending international destinations like Osaka, Japan, and Istanbul, Turkey.

According to Hopper, Las Vegas, New York and Chicago remain popular destinations in the U.S.

Will car rental prices rise this summer?

Car rental prices also haven’t increased much since last year and average $42 a day, according to Hopper.

The report shows most travelers rent a car for about four days, and warm-weather destinations like Orlando and Los Angeles remain popular pickup points.

Zach Wichter is a travel reporter for USA TODAY based in New York. You can reach him at [email protected].

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Travelex leverages cloud-based customer data platform to boost retention

International prepaid travel cards are a great resource for travellers that offer improved safety and locked-in rates, and make it easier to calculate foreign currencies. here, hans van der waal, travelex’s global it director, explains how the company customizes customer data to encourage people to take advantage of the benefits..

Money generated from prepaid travel cards is set to quadruple between 2022 and 2032, from $120.5 billion to $492.80 billion, according to Allied Market Research . This sharp upward trajectory is due in large part to an increase in international travel as tourist numbers slowly climb up to pre-pandemic levels.

Acknowledging the potential this trend offers for a foreign exchange company like Travelex, Hans van der Waal, the company’s global IT director, is constantly looking for more strategic ways to unlock the power of data to service their travel card customers. According to him, it’s fairly common for customers to load money onto Travelex’s Cash Passport money card, head off on a trip, and then come home only to forget about the money left on it. If left unused for long enough, this remaining balance is often depleted by annual maintenance fees. “This situation isn’t good for us or our customers,” says van der Waal. “It’s bad news for us because we aspire to have repeat customers, and it’s bad news for our customers because they just waste money servicing an inactive or idle card.”

Keen to address this issue, he wanted to come up with ways to alert customers about using their loaded funds and also encourage them to reload their cards before their next trip. But the data around card use and balances is part owned by Travelex, and part owned by third parties, he explains. As such, he and his team had to negotiate with these third parties to ensure they could access the data in a specific and secure format, either in real time or near real time. To do so, they developed a cloud-based customer data platform (CDP) that allows them to bring in and analyze third-party data and combine it with their own data so they can flag unused balances.

These insights allow Travelex to proactively approach customers, and hopefully influence their behavior, by encouraging them to cash out their remaining balance or, even better, use their existing balances for future travel. The ultimate goal is to send the right reminders to the right customers at the right time, he says.

Step by step

Once Travelex had a clear idea of the type of data platform they wanted to create, they adopted an iterative strategy to bring the idea to life. “This isn’t groundbreaking, but I think it’s very important to start small, try things out, stop things that don’t work well, and don’t hesitate to start over again if needed,” he says. In doing so, they could build something, test it out, and then go through various cycles of changes and improvements so the final product was production ready when it was launched.

In addition to partnering with third parties to access the required data, van der Waal also had to work closely with Travelex’s marketing and product teams — as well as data privacy and security execs— to come up with different theories on why someone might not spend the money on their cards, and then create the most appropriate messaging. They also spoke to customers in airports to find out more about their preferences and use, and not just lean on internal expertise and resources to guarantee project success.

The decision to host the platform in the cloud, in particular on AWS, was a question of efficiency, he says. Rather that having to build something themselves from the ground up, they could leverage the native cloud solutions available through AWS and then tailor them to meet their specific requirements.

But to make the most of cloud, the right skills are needed. While the business does have internal talent, they also enlist the help of third parties like SourceFuse and Mesh AI to ensure they leverage the cloud in a way that’s most effective, given the specific project requirements.

“These third parties either complement Travelex’s internal tech team, or they’re brought in to do things for us we can’t do ourselves,” he says. “This is one of the primary benefits of partnerships like this because we can access the advanced skills and knowledge needed to support our future business needs.”

To measure the impact of their efforts, Travelex established a small control group to whom they initially didn’t send the card balance related alerts, even though they fit the profile of the type of customers they’re trying to target. “From the data, we see these messages have made a tremendous impact,” he says. “So much so that we’re now extending the project to other territories.”

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