Indians are going to spend more on travel this year: TripAdvisor survey

Nearly 53% of Indians are going to spend more on travel this year, according to the recent TripBarometer survey by TripAdvisor. Here are some other finding

Which countries would you love to visit in the next 24 months?


Where are you likely to travel in the next 12 months?

Are you planning an international trip in the next 12 months?


Are you ( hotels) planning to increase, maintain or decrease room rates in 2015?


How much do you intend to spend on your vacations in the next 12 months?

Rs 2.55 lakh average spend estimated for 2015 for International travel.

Rs 1.71 lakh estimate of 2015 vacation budget to be spent for travel within India.

Rs 2.71 lakh: This was the amount spent by travellers from India on an average in 2014, up from Rs 2.02 lakh spent in 2013

Why will you spend more/less on your vacations in the next 12 months than you did in the previous year?

41% is the global average of respondents who will spend more in 2015 compared with 44% in 2014.

Global consumer respondents spending more (10,971); consumer respondents spending less (5,983).

How is the average number of international trips changing?



Are you going to change your vacation budget in 2015?


52% of the respondents (of the 53% who will increase their spend) feel they or their family deserve vacations.

Which are the top three things you are likely to spend on when you are on a holiday?



China is most likely to see reductions, with one in five slashing room rates, but not by more than 10%.

India’s rank 2nd in the Global Hotelier Confidence Index, with a score of 3.85, where a score of 5 means ‘very optimistic’ and 1 means ‘very pessimistic’. Indonesia topped the index with a score of 3.9.



* TripBarometer March 2015, the world’s largest accommodation and traveller survey, was conducted on behalf of TripAdvisor by Ipsos. It was conducted between 16 January and 2 February 2015, with 1,037 respondents from India. The consumer survey included 34,016 responses, and the business survey had 10,261 responses.

All responses do not add up to 100% due to multiple choices