Flight Centre has unveiled its ‘Year in Travel’ wrap, revealing the most popular international and domestic destinations of 2022.
With borders reopening, it was a huge year for travel, both within Australia and abroad. So the good people at Flight Centre put their data-crunching hats on to compile a list of its customers’ favourite places. So let’s depart …
Top 22 Global Destinations By Flights Booked
Sydney, Australia
Melbourne, Australia
Brisbane, Australia
London, United Kingdom
Gold Coast, Australia
Cairns, Australia
Perth, Australia
Bali, Indonesia
Adelaide, Australia
Singapore
Nadi, Fiji
Auckland, New Zealand
Hobart, Australia
Los Angeles, United States
Darwin, Australia
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Sunshine Coast, Australia
Manila, Philippines
Paris, France
Bangkok, Thailand
Phuket, Thailand
Rome, Italy
Top 22 International Destinations By Flights Booked
London, United Kingdom
Bali, Indonesia
Singapore
Nadi, Fiji
Auckland, New Zealand
Los Angeles, United States
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Manila, Philippines
Paris, France
Bangkok, Thailand
Phuket, Thailand
Rome, Italy
Honolulu, United States
Athens, Greece
Queenstown, New Zealand
Dublin, Ireland
Manchester, United Kingdom
New York City, United States
Christchurch, New Zealand
Vancouver, Canada
Johannesburg, South Africa
Doha, Qatar
Top 22 Domestic Destinations By Flights Booked
Melbourne, VIC
Sydney, NSW
Brisbane, QLD
Gold Coast, QLD
Cairns, QLD
Perth, WA
Adelaide, SA
Hobart, TAS
Darwin, NT
Sunshine Coast, QLD
Hamilton Island, QLD
Canberra, ACT
Launceston, TAS
Townsville, QLD
Whitsundays Coast, QLD
Newcastle, NSW
Broome, WA
Mackay, QLD
Uluru, NT
Alice Springs, NT
Byron Bay, NSW
Rockhampton, QLD
“With some dedicated number crunching we’ve produced a treasure trove of milestones and nuggets that shed light on an amazing year of travel,” Flight Centre global managing director Andrew Stark said.
“This wrap encapsulates all that was good, curious, and a little outrageous about the return of travel this year.
“We began 2022 still in the clutches of domestic and overseas travel restrictions, so it’s amazing to see how far we’ve come.”
Among the quirky takeaways from the findings were:
- The most expensive single cruise booking was $333,400.
- The most expensive international and domestic hotel bookings were $149,100, and $130,878 respectively.
- The longest hotel booking was for 1,092 days!
- The northern-most destination booked by Flight Centre Australia this year was a trip to Longyearbyen, Svalbard.
- 14,963 babies were booked on flights.
- The total number of rental cars booked was 31,319.
- Four-star hotels were most popular this year, accounting for nearly half (48.45%) of Flight Centre bookings
Stay tuned tomorrow, as we unwrap more goodies from the Flight Centre data crunchers.
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