Skyscanner Reveals Changing Trends in Inbound Travel to the U.S.
Inbound, U.S. tourism is on the rise, but it’s not who you think… Skyscanner, the leading travel search site engine, has released their U.S. inbound passenger rankings and found some interesting trends.
The UK has usually been the country with the largest number of inbound passengers to the United States. It still is. But with the growing availability of cheap international flights to the US, recent travel trends have made a very different picture for the rest of this month’s list.
Turkey had the most significant change, going from 28th on the list to 14th. While still far below Russia and Portugal, it now ranks amongst the top 20. America’s growth in popularity amongst Turkish travelers is probably due to a recent strengthening of the Turkish lira against the US dollar.
Portugal went from the 17th position to the 11th, a significant gain for the small European nation. Another country that has made notable gains in the list is Russia: leaping from 12th to 7th place this month.
Skyscanner’s Russian Country Manager, Dmitry Konovalov explains, “Russia’s new generation brings with it a sense of intrigue, connection and appreciation for the USA; and it is much easier for Russians to obtain a US -versus UK- visa. These facts serve as strong drivers when choosing where to take a vacation.”
Considering ports, like affordable New Jersey and Los Angeles, attract both Canadian and Mexican travelers to the US.
Despite tensions along the US and Mexican border, flight searches before -and after- the news of Arizona’s immigration laws hit the wires have remained constant; a clear indicator that travel between the two countries may not have been hit as hard as some might have predicted.
In a completely opposite trend, inbound travel from China fell dramatically, going from 8th on the list to 22nd. This decrease in popularity might be due to increased internal tourism in the Asian giant or to a growth in travel from the Eastern nation to other regions in the world, boosted by the ever-increasing airfare deals to Europe
August 12, 2010 @ 11:51 pm
What I get from this blog post is that people from other countries are traveling to the US more than Americans are traveling abroad. Right now travel to America from other nations is a bargain. Conversely, travel to the UK and other nations has become much more expensive for Americans. The dollar isn’t as strong right now.
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