subject: Asia is among top travel destinations in online travel searches for 2011 [print this page] Asia is among top travel destinations in online travel searches for 2011
US travellers are becoming more interested in Asian travel destinations according to new information from a flight service called skycanner.com.
Eight of the top ten up and coming international travel destinations are located in Asia.
According to skyscanner.com, Taipei, Beijing and Tokyo come up big in flight searches and have "as much as three times the number of searches in 2010 compared to 2009."
Shanghai has had the biggest increase in popularity and has risen by 243 percent in searches. Eastern Europe destinations are also getting a boost in interest among US travelers. Moscow, the capital of Russia ranks in 7th place with Kiev, the capital of the Ukraine ranking in 7th place.
What travel destinations are Americans searching for online? Here are the Top Ten from skyscanner.com
* Shanghai
* Taipei
* Beijing
* Tokyo
* Ho Chi Minh City
* Moscow
* Kiev
* Kuala Lumpur
* Singapore
* Hong Kong
Destinations such as London, Paris and Rome are perennial favorites among US travellers
These three UK and European cities are still the most searched for international travel destinations, according to Scott Carlson of skyscanner.com. However, Carlson said that there is an "apparent trend for Asian cities when we look at which destinations have seen the biggest increase in searches from 2009 to 2010."
"As US travelers continue to look for new and exciting vacation ideas throughout 2011, I expect Asian destinations will continue to see a rise in popularity and may even usurp some of the more traditional and established destinations," said Carlson of skyscanner.com
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