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5 Mind-Blowing Digital Travel Content Stats

Expedia Report Reveals Double-Digit Growth in Travel Content Consumption

By Vickie Sam Paget, Sky Blue Content

A recent study from Expedia about the traveller’s 45-day path to purchase point reveals that the consumption of digital travel content is seeing double-digit growth year-on-year. Here are five mind-blowing statistics from the report…

  1. More than 66 percent of Canadian travel bookers said search engines and friend or family recommendations were used most during the inspiration phase of trip planning.

  2. Travel content is currently consumed by 70 percent of digital users in Canada.

  3. The consumption of digital travel content is witnessing a growth rate of 18 percent in Canada.

  4. In the 45 days prior to booking a trip, Canadians make 161 visits to travel sites.

  5. Europe accounted for 33 percent of the destinations researched by Canadian travel bookers, followed by Latin America (26 percent) and Asia (18 percent).

The author: Sky Blue Vickie

Located in beautiful Vancouver, BC, Vickie Sam Paget is a gifted travel and tourism storyteller. She's a talented word wizard with 17 years of experience in B2B and B2C travel and tourism journalism, editing, copywriting, audience-building and content publishing across the globe. She spends her days happily wrestling with her creative muscle in order to compose truly engaging travel writing content for truly exceptional travel businesses.