Whitsundays, Hamilton, & Alice Springs Top Autumn, Winter Escape List

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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.

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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