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Finder’s Travel Index
16% of Australians plan to travel in the next three months.
Travel was hit hard by the pandemic but as the pandemic begins to enter the rearview mirror, will there be an explosion of people wanting to travel? Finder’s Travel Index tracks travel sentiment in various countries, so far surveying 281,096 Internet users. The June 2022 results will be the last time that this index is run.
Travel sentiments in Australia
Interest in travel among Aussies is on the rise compared to last quarter. Finder’s May 2022 Travel Index reveals that 16.3% of Aussies say they plan to travel in the next three months, up from 15.6% in February 2022.
Interest in domestic travel is falling compared to the previous survey, with Aussies planning a vacation in the coming three months going from 11.9% when asked during the February survey and now sits at 11.6% following the results of the May survey.
International
In May, 6% of Aussie adults said they have plans to travel abroad in the coming three months, up from 5% when asked in February.
More Aussie men than women plan to travel
More Aussie men than women say they plan to travel in the coming three months, with 23.1% of men saying they plan to travel compared to 13.4% of women.
The results from the survey conducted in May 2022 show that 44.5% of Indians surveyed said they will travel either domestically or internationally in June, July or August. This is down from the 46.1% who said they had travel plans in the three months (March, April and May) following the February 2022 survey. When asked in November 2021, 38.8% of Indians said they had travel plans.
Singaporeans also have an appetite for travel, with 42% saying they have travel plans in the coming three months. When asked in February, 40.1% said they were travelling in the coming three months and 31.2% when asked in November.
A great number of Irish people are also planning a trip in the coming three months, with 32.3% saying they plan to travel in the coming three months, compared to 28.2% in February and 33.7% in November.
At the other end of the spectrum are Australians who have the lowest number of people planning trips, with only 16.3% planning travel in the coming June, July or August, following 15.6% in February and 20.5% in November.
% of men and women planning travel in the next three months
As far as the sexes go, the highest percentage of men planning travel in the coming three months is in India (49.8%), with the highest percentage of women booking travel also in India (36.3%).
Domestic travel in the next three months
Many Indians have plans to see their homeland, with 33.9% of residents saying they plan to travel in the coming three months following the February 2022 survey, down from the 36.2% who said the same in our February survey.
Domestic travel is the top choice for respondents in all countries, with the exception of Ireland where 16% of those surveyed said they had upcoming domestic travel plans compared to 21% heading abroad.
International travel in the next three months
Irish people lead the way as far as international travel is concerned, with 21.3% saying they plan to travel abroad, followed by Singaporeans (19.1%) and Indians (16.7%).
International travel still lags across the board with most countries with only an average of 11.4% planning trips abroad compared to an average of 18.6% saying they'll be travelling domestically.
Finder's Travel Index is an ongoing survey, which has so far gathered responses from 281,096 people using Google Surveys. The survey originally ran in 19 countries, which was cut to 12 in June 2021. The frequency of the survey also changed in 2022, moving from a monthly cadence in 2021 to a quarterly survey (Q1 = Jan, Feb and March, Q2 = April, May and June, etc), with the first survey run being conducted in February 2022.
The survey for Australia was nationally representative
The survey for New Zealand was convenience sampling
The survey for Canada was nationally representative
The survey for Ireland was convenience sampling
The survey for Singapore was convenience sampling
The survey for Hong Kong was convenience sampling
The survey for South Africa was convenience sampling
The survey for India was convenience sampling
The survey for the UK was nationally representative
The survey for the US was nationally representative
The survey for the Philippines was convenience sampling
The survey for Malaysia was convenience sampling
Discontinued: The survey for France was nationally representative
Discontinued: The survey for Italy was convenience sampling
Discontinued: The survey for Brazil was nationally representative
Discontinued: The survey for Russia was convenience sampling
Discontinued: The survey for Germany was nationally representative
Discontinued: The survey for the Netherlands was convenience sampling
Discontinued: The survey for Spain was nationally representative
Richard Laycock is Finder’s insights editor after spending the last five years writing and editing articles about insurance. His musings can be found across the web including on MoneyMag, Yahoo Finance and Travel Weekly. Richard studied Media at Macquarie University and The Missouri School of Journalism and has a Tier 1 Certification in General Advice for Life Insurance.
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