What percentage of the world travels?

Applying the US average of 5.3 trips as an indication of skewed demand, 823 million international trips involved only 155 million unique air travellers, or 2% of the world population (world population of 7.594 billion).



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Whether before or during the pandemic, international travel is something a 71% majority of U.S. adults have done at some point in their lives, according to a June Pew Research Center survey. By contrast, around a quarter (27%) have not traveled abroad.

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The UN agency for tourism said more than 900 million tourists made foreign trips in 2022, as several countries with strict coronavirus restrictions eased rules. The figure represented 63% of pre-pandemic levels, according to the report. In 2019, nearly 1.5 billion people traveled internationally.

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One in ten Brits (eight per cent) have stayed in the UK their entire life and never once been abroad while a quarter (22 per cent) have never travelled on an aeroplane.

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The record is currently held by Vaidehi Thirrupathy. Indy Nelson from Hayward, California in 2017 became the youngest person, at 24, to visit all sovereign countries, having visited all 193 UN member states in 539 days.

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Number of domestic trips taken per year Overall, 60 percent of respondents travel domestically one to two times a year. Travelers who are 54 and older responded that they were more likely to travel more than two times within the year. Just under 10 percent travel more than five times a year within the states.

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Finland is the most well-travelled country in the world, with the average Finn making 7.5 trips a year, including stays at home and abroad. The US has the largest domestic travel market in the world, with national holidays bumping up the average person's number of trips to 6.7 a year.

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Over and over, the elders revealed that their greatest life regret was not travelling enough. Some thought it was too expensive, some put it off after having children, whilst others decided to wait until retirement, often by which time it was too late.

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Here's the full breakdown of responses from the survey around top barriers to travel in 2023: Lack of money: 27%. Lack of time off from work or school: 26%. Family and other commitments: 13%.

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A survey carried out by The Priceline Group shows that between a third and a half (44 percent) of American adults regret not going on more trips away, and most of the time they miss out because travel costs are too high.

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VisitBritain data shows that the USA remains the most valuable inbound market, with American visitors spending £2.1 billion in 2010. Nevertheless, the number of travellers originating from Europe is much larger than those travelling from North America: 21.5 million compared to 3.5 million American/Canadian visitors.

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Top 10 world's least visited countries by number of visitors
  • Nauru – 200 annual visitors.
  • Tuvalu – 3,700 annual visitors.
  • Marshall Islands – 6,100 annual visitors.
  • Niue – 10,200 annual visitors.
  • Kiribati – 12,000 annual visitors.
  • Micronesia – 18,000 annual visitors.
  • Montserrat – 19,300 annual visitors.


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well traveled adjective (PERSON) (of a person) having been to many different places, especially to many different countries: He was well traveled, spending at least a decade in the United States and in Europe, before settling in Dublin.

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