Room nights booked in key international destinations so far for 2017 are far outpacing the number that were booked for the same point in time for 2016—this from the just-released from Tourico Holidays 2017 Global Hotel Trends Report. According to the 2017 Report, nearly all of the world’s major travel regions are currently outpacing their prior year hotel bookings, indicating a very healthy outlook for the hotel industry and tourism in general. Collectively, the total number of hotel room nights booked has increased significantly, growing 28.7 percent around the globe.
“It’s still early, but it’s extremely encouraging to see that booked hotel room nights for 2017 are already significantly outpacing 2016,” said Lauren Volcheff Atlass, Tourico’s executive vice president of global sales. “Even despite attempts to frighten people away from traveling, the industry is not only surviving, but thriving – and the hotel sector in particular, continues to grow.”
Tourico came up with its figures by examining booking data from nearly 80,000 hotel properties located in more than 4,500 destinations around the world—and comparing it to booking data captured at the same time last year, revealing where traveler interests have shifted.
According to the 2017 Report, nearly all of the world’s major travel regions are currently outpacing their prior year hotel bookings, the company said in a news release, indicating a very healthy outlook for the hotel industry and tourism in general. Collectively, the total number of hotel room nights booked has increased significantly, growing 28.7 percent around the globe.
As a source markets:
—North America has increased its hotel room nights booked for 2017 by 28 percent year-over-year compared to this time in 2016.
—The EU has increased its room nights by 28 percent year-over-year,
—Latin America has increased its room nights booked by 43 percent year-over-year; and
—Asia-Pacific has increased its room nights booked by 23 percent year-over-year.
Strong regional outlooks for 2017 are being buoyed by major tourist countries throughout the world, Tourico said, noting that room nights booked in the United States have increased by 26 percent year-over-year. Meanwhile, the following table illustrates how booking activity has increased in key national markets, year-over-year.
