Foreign tourists visit Phuket Island, Thailand. (Photo: VNA)Bangkok (VNA) – A survey by BBC News shows that Thailand is the mostpopular destination in Southeast Asia for tourists from North America andEurope when they plan a trip.
Thesurvey was conducted in July 2022 with members of BBC Global Minds - an onlinecommunity, a proprietary panel of international news consumers from around theworld, with approximately 19,000 profiled panel members.
Surveyresults show that 57.4% of surveyed people who are planning a trip to SoutheastAsia say that they will choose Thailand.
Visitorsto the region are usually experienced world travellers, looking for new anddifferent experiences and they will plan to stay for one to two weeks,preferring self-planned trips to package deals.
JohnWilliams, Vice President of Advertising Sales, BBC News, says: “Travel has beenin a state of flux since the pandemic and we are seeing a wonderful comebackthroughout Southeast Asia currently for travellers and the travel industry asa whole. It is fantastic to see that travellers from across the world areplanning on coming to Southeast Asia.”
Headded that it is really important to understand why their travel decisions arebeing made.
Thesurvey also showed that nearly four in every five Europeans who plan to visitSoutheast Asia said they plan to make the trip within the next six months./.
