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Dream vs Reality: Japan crowns the hottest travel destination

Japanese destinations (33% of the respondents) and European destinations (30%) are ranked as the first and the second for Hong Kong travellers’ dream destinations in 2015, while the usual hot-picked Korean (6%), Southeast Asian (6%) and Taiwanese destinations (4%) only share less than one-tenth of the votes, respectively.

HONG KONG – As the year approaches to an end, it is the time to set up the New Year’s resolution; have you put together your travel plans for 2015 yet? Hotels.com announces the findings from the latest global survey that the dream holidays for Hong Kong travellers are found to be discrepant from their actual planning, though Japan tops the wish list and the actual travel destinations.

The study, which looks into Christmas holiday habits and cultures across 28 different countries worldwide, explores how travellers plan their upcoming holidays. Japanese destinations (33% of the respondents) and European destinations (30%) are ranked as the first and the second for Hong Kong travellers’ dream destinations in 2015, while the usual hot-picked Korean (6%), Southeast Asian (6%) and Taiwanese destinations (4%) only share less than one-tenth of the votes, respectively.

Dream destinations for Hong Kong outbound travellers in 2015

Destination

% Vote

Japan

33%

Europe

30%

America

9%

Korea

6%

Southeast Asia

6%

Australia

6%

Taiwan

4%

The survey also reveals the most popular destinations which Hong Kong outbound travellers actually plan to visit in the coming year. Despite similar ranking as in the wish lists, it can be seen from the rise and fall in the number of votes, remarkably, dream and reality are two different stories. The most-loved Japanese destinations crown the list with 35% of votes, whereas European destinations, which come second, lose nearly half of its votes and has got only 19%. In contrast, the usual hot-picks including Southeast Asian (14%), Korean (13%) and Taiwanese destinations (7%) share 5% more in votes. The results reflect that Hong Kong outbound travellers consider time and expenditure as the most important factors when they plan their holidays.

Destinations that Hong Kong outbound travellers actually make plans to travel in 2015

Rank

Destination

% Vote

1

Japan

35%

2

Europe

19%

3

Southeast Asia

14%

4

Korea

13%

5

Taiwan

7%

In addition, the study shows the hot destinations where Hong Kong travellers are visiting during the New Year holidays; short getaways to Asian countries will be the trend for 2015. As expected, Hong Kong’s all-time favourite Japan (38%) tops the list, followed by Korea (15%) and Thailand (13%) which comes third together with China (13%).

Hong Kong outbound travellers hot destinations for New Year holidays

Rank

Country

% Vote

1

Japan

38%

2

Korea

15%

3

Thailand

13%

China

13%

4

Europe

7%

5

Taiwan

4%

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