Where are we travelling?

The Council of Australian Tour Operators’ (CATO) Australians on Holiday – International Leisure Travel Trends report was recently released, drawing on information compiled from the Australian Bureau of Statistics for 2018, and an independent consumer survey. The inaugural report revealed that in 2018, Australians took 6.3 million overseas leisure trips (representing a market penetration of 25.1 per cent); spent more than $46 billion in total and an average of $7,300 per person; visited an average 3.4 countries per trip; and enjoyed an average journey length of 22 days. As to where we have been heading, South East Asia was by far the most popular region, welcoming 35 per cent of all leisure travellers – more than the combined total of the next two most popular destinations, Oceania (16 per cent) and Europe (combined 16 per cent). Indonesia comfortably secured top spot as the most popular country for a holiday, followed by the United States and New Zealand.

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