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Preferences of Chinese tourists have been undergoing changes and more destinations are in their preferred lists, other than Paris and Eiffel Tower, said a tourism official from France. “Chinese tourists prefer to travel in smaller groups or alone. As per records around 48 per cent of Chinese tourists have been to Paris at least once during the past five years. Currently they prefer to visit lesser-known destinations and experiencing local culture as the Eiffel Tower and the Louvre no longer enough,” said Christophe Decloux, managing director of Paris Region Tourism Board. China is the third biggest tourist source country for ... Read more

Peter Kerkar, Group CEO, Cox & Kings shares his views on trends that are set to define travel in 2019. Travel to influence For millennials, travelling to new places, exploring new experiences, trying out new cuisines and interacting with people from diverse cultural backgrounds has become an intrinsic part of their lifestyle. This passionate generation of travellers is more likely to make their travel decisions based on the travel posts of their peers on social media because social media is a more authentic source of information. At the same time, it is important for them to capture their best travel ... Read more

Major storms, natural disasters and an uncertain economy impacted traveler behavior in 2018, but didn’t stop Americans from travelling or insuring their trips, Squaremouth reveals the top traveler trends of 2018 based on customer data. Travellers spent less on trips The recent sluggish economy led to an overall decrease in how much travellers spent on trips in 2018. For the first time in 6 years, travellers spent less on their trips than the previous year, with the average trip cost declining by 3 per cent. Despite decreased spending, more travellers chose to protect their trip costs with travel insurance in 2018. Squaremouth reported ... Read more

Indians like travelling more with an average 5.6 trips annually, significantly above the global average of 4.2 trips, according to the Global Travel Intention survey report by Visa. The report revealed that trips taken by Indians were largely contributed by business travel at 2.6 trips compared to APAC (1.6 trips) and global (1.4). The GTI study was conducted in collaboration with research and business intelligence firm ORC International and collected data over the course of 12,400 interviews in 27 markets. The study found that Indians are good spenders doling out an average of USD 2,334 against APAC’s USD 1,677. Indians plan to ... Read more