{"id":17194,"date":"2013-11-04T09:17:00","date_gmt":"2013-11-04T09:17:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/most-popular-overseas-destinations-for-australians-in-2013\/"},"modified":"2013-11-04T09:17:00","modified_gmt":"2013-11-04T09:17:00","slug":"most-popular-overseas-destinations-for-australians-in-2013","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/2013\/11\/most-popular-overseas-destinations-for-australians-in-2013\/","title":{"rendered":"Most popular overseas destinations for Australians in 2013"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\u00a0source: Skyscanner Australia<\/a><\/p>\n

Traveloscopy editor offers the following caveat: – Skyscanner call themselves the fastest growing travel search site worldwide (and #1 travel search website in Europe) but say very little about how they gathered this data. Upon digging at their news site<\/a>, it is revealed occasionally: “Skyscanner polled over 1,000 travellers via OnePoll”. Where these travellers were located in the world, how old they were or their socio-economic status is not known or disclosed.<\/i><\/p>\n

1. United Kingdon
2. United States
3. Thailand
4. Indonesia (read: Bali)
5. New Zealand
6. Singapore
7. Malaysia
8. Ireland
9. Japan
10. China<\/p>\n

Trivia: 74% of women surveyed claim to be more active than their partner when planning a holiday<\/p>\n

Fastest Growing outbound destinations<\/h3>\n

1. Ireland
2. Myanmar
3. Philippines
4. Singapore
5. South Korea
6. Sri Lanka
7. China
8. Qatar
9. Ukraine
10. Japan<\/p>\n

Trivia: 14% of 1000 dog owners surveyed actually sent their pooch a postcard.
*Skyscanner surveyed over 1000 dog owners through its website and via OnePoll<\/i><\/p>\n

Most popular winter destinations<\/h3>\n

1. United Kingdom
2. USA
3. New Zealand
4. Thialand
5. Ireland
6. Japan
7. Indonesia
8. Singapore
9. Malaysia
10. India<\/p>\n

Trivia: Aussies have over $100 each of leftover foreign coins at home<\/p>\n

Arrivals: Who’s coming to Australia<\/h3>\n

1. Brits
2. Italians
3. Kiwis
4. Irish
5. Germans
6. Americans
7. Singaporeans
8. Russians
9. Dutch
10. French<\/p>\n

Trivia: 36% of those polled said ‘yes’, they would pay extra for onboard WiFi<\/p>\n

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Where do people get their travel inspiration from?<\/h3>\n

(nothing said about age range, geographic distribution or other demographic criteria)<\/i><\/p>\n

30% – Social media
17% – travel company sites
14% – TV programs
12% – travel brochures
9% – tourist board sites
4% – other <\/p>\n

(Suspicion: no mention made of travel media such as newspapers or magazines. That’s a big hole.)<\/i><\/p>\n

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