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SYDNEY, April, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Skyscanner’s Horizons Report has been created to provide a snapshot of Australian travel trends based on March travel behaviour on skyscanner.com.au, providing a picture of travel in 2021 as its re-defined.

(PRNewsfoto/Skyscanner)

Using extensive data and insights as well as expert opinion from Skyscanner and wider in the travel industry, Skyscanner can reveal the trending destinations and new research of over 1,000 travellers providing crucial context to the trends reported:

1# WHERE’S ‘HOT’ – Aussies switch the hustle and bustle for island life and roads less trodden

  • Whitsundays, Hamilton Island, Alice Springs are the top trending destinations for Autumn & Winter escapes between June – October 2021
  • Couples are switching Rome for Cairns and a romantic trip to Venice for Broome whilst international travel restrictions continue
  • Families and groups in search of sun are trading destinations like Phuket and Bali for Cairns the Sunshine and Gold Coasts and families are finding island life equivalents on paradise island Hamilton Island instead of Fiji
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Trending search destinations for June – October 2021 travel:

Top destinations for families in 2019 Vs 2021:

2019

2021

1

Phuket

Cairns

2

Gold Coast

Gold Coast

3

Nadi Fiji

Hamilton Island

4

New Delhi

Sunshine Coast

5

Koh Samui

Port Douglas

Top destinations for couples in 2019 Vs 2021:

2019

2021

1

Rome

Cairns

2

Milan

Darwin

3

Santorini (Thira)

Hobart

4

Venice

Broome

5

Las Vegas

Hamilton Island

Top travel destinations for groups in 2019 Vs 2021:

2019

2021

1

Denpasar

Cairns

2

Athens

Darwin

3

Gold Coast

Gold Coast

4

Cairns

Proserpine (Whitsundays)

5

Split

Townsville

 

 Top trending searches destinations for all Aussie
travellers

1

Proserpine (Whitsundays)

2

Hamilton Island

3

Alice Springs

4

Broome

5

Darwin

6

Hobart

7

Cairns

8

Adelaide

9

Gold Coast

10

Kuala Lumpur

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