New Zealand travellers spend the most, Korean tourists prefer payment cards to cash, and 18% of Australians reckon you can’t beat a money belt for financial security while on the road. These are among the results of a new Visa survey of Asia Pacific travellers. No surprise that the most isolated travellers – Kiwis and Australians – are the biggest spender: they have no choice.
The average Kiwi tourist spent US$5588 on their last overseas trip, slightly more than their Aussie cousins who outlayed US$5258. More telling is the finding that Japanese tourists are now among the tightest travellers with an average spend of US$2141, less than all but two Asia Pacific countries. Indians, Chinese, Koreans, Malays, Taiwanese and Singaporeans all spent more. How times have changed.
Average Amount Spent on Last International Trip
|
Amount (US$) |
|
| New Zealand |
5,588 |
| Australia |
5,258 |
| India |
3,732 |
| China |
3,249 |
| Korea |
2,945 |
| Malaysia |
2,653 |
| Taiwan |
2,435 |
| Singapore |
2,332 |
| Japan |
2,141 |
| Hong Kong |
2,123 |
| Thailand |
1,850 |
| Survey Average |
3,107 |
I would like to see the data for this… I would hazard a guess that the reason that Japanese spend less, is because they tend to make much shorter trips.
Travelling overseas for just a few days is quite normal. Eg going to Australia for a long weekend (a 10 hour flight) is not uncommon.
Was trip length accounted for in this study?
Length of trip wasn’t mentioned though I think you are right regarding Japanese and short trips. But I have no doubt they would have been on top of the spending pile a few years ago. They had a reputation as very big spenders here in Oz.