A beautiful infographic has been released by TripLingo showcasing the most frequently travelled-to destinations as well as average expenditure, income, occupation and times of year chosen to travel. The graphic offers some useful insights into the habits of US-based travellers. It would be even more interesting, however, if the data was segmented further. Where do business travellers go vs backpackers? What times of year do they travel? How does that compare to last year?
We can’t complain too much though, this is pretty much exactly the sort of graphic we were looking for after sharing the Fourquare infographic with you last month of how US travellers move around inside their country.
A Profile of American Travelers Overseas
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On stand out statistic from the graphic is that almost twice as many Americans visit Mexico compared with all of Europe, the convenience of proximity seemingly making it a very popular all-round destination despite Europe being a far larger hub for business and commerce.
What do you think of the travel habits of the average American? Are they accurate? Are there any other patterns which you’ve seen yourself?
Post Revisions:
- 3 April, 2012 @ 5:51 [Current Revision] by John O'Nolan
- 5 January, 2012 @ 6:10 by John O'Nolan
- 5 January, 2012 @ 2:17 by John O'Nolan
I have been to Mexico several times and do enjoy it. However, if all things being equal I can travel anywhere I’d like — my money would go to Europe or the Pacific long before I’d again return to Mexico.
I do think it’s proximity and cost that most Americans favor. (*cough*, lazy Americans) Places in closer proximity to home tend to take less money and less time and therefore this is where Americans go. And yet Mexico spends a lot of money every year trying to convince us it’s safe when US media reports the danger every day. Clearly, not all Americans are convinced and not all Americans choose Mexico over all else.
Still, interesting results.
The graphic suggests that almost 7 million Americans travel to England yearly to study the English language?!?
I am not surprised that most of them go to Mexico. It’s pretty close and cheap travel to do. When I was there I saw so many Americans….But I think that is also because the way of life in Mexico is so different from USA that it attract many people, compare to Canada. ANd Europe stay pretty far and expensive to go. Also you need more vacations to go to Europe…
People don’t just travel for vacations ;) for example the comparatively high level of travel between the USA and Asia is almost certainly made up primarily of business rather than leisure travellers.
Surprised that there is so little down to our little corner of the Pacific (I think it is 900,000 instead of 9 million). Suppose it has something to do with distance!
There’s a typo at the bottom left. They mentioned “Visit Friends/Relatives” twice.
Nice infographic, but since when have Mexico and Canada been “overseas” for Americans?
I’m guessing most Americans began thinking of Canada and Mexico as “overseas” once it became mandatory to carry a passport in order to travel to either of them. Up until that point, going over the border wouldn’t have been much different than just going somewhere in the U.S. But now there’s customs to go through, and passport stamps to get.
Nice infographic. How about Vietnam? I’m sure there are a lot of American here. :)