Blue Swan Daily, 28 June 2019 – There are no real surprises this winter with Australian outbound long-haul travel. New research from travel commerce platform Travelport has revealed that the United Kingdom (UK), the United States of America (US) and China are the three most popular long-haul destinations for travellers in Australia this winter holiday, identical to a similar analysis last year.
The results are based on advanced flight bookings made for travel from Australia (the origin) to final destinations further than six hours flying time away for between 28-Jun-2019 and 21-Jul-2019, and is based on data at 14-June 2019. It is derived from Travelport’s interpretation of relevant Marketing Information Data Transfer (MIDT) data of bookings made in Australia through GDS and is not exhaustive as it may not include bookings made directly with airlines, which may or may not also have a GDS presence.…read more
