Travel Data Weekly: 20 Key Stats To Start Your Week

SkiftStats, our new collection of daily travel stats, charts, and curio, curated by Skift’s editors, has been a big hit among the travel data nerds.

Here are the top 20 tweets out of those from last week. For more: Follow Skift Stats on Twitter.

Of total tourism spend in UK, 47% happens in one place: London. A problem for rest of UK. Source: VisitBritain. pic.twitter.com/Svnzl1wNih

— Daily Travel Stats (@skiftstats) April 18, 2014

Africa to Middle East is the fastest growth air route in terms of passengers, as Feb 2014 data shows. Source: @IATA. pic.twitter.com/JLHRxXjgLw

— Daily Travel Stats (@skiftstats) April 18, 2014

New trend: nearly half of luxury travelers are considering using less traditional methods of lodging & transport. So… pic.twitter.com/tcLEPbTsdk

— Daily Travel Stats (@skiftstats) April 19, 2014

Mags, traditionally leading source for inspiration, not viewed important anymore by luxury travelers. Source: Google. pic.twitter.com/2FM6PtG6ub

— Daily Travel Stats (@skiftstats) April 19, 2014

The complaints against Spirit Airlines are on a whole different plain than everyone else. Source: @uspirg pic.twitter.com/QQYs1OtNeN

— Daily Travel Stats (@skiftstats) April 20, 2014

More & more, luxury travelers are relying on travel brands' own sites over third party OTAs/booking sites. Source: G… pic.twitter.com/JrlXn0sD5Y

— Daily Travel Stats (@skiftstats) April 21, 2014

At $6.8 trillion in 2013, GDP impact of Travel & Tourism is larger than some of largest manufacturing sectors. @wttc pic.twitter.com/yhVH0JBHLR

— Daily Travel Stats (@skiftstats) April 22, 2014

Low cost airline websites aren't great at upselling anything beyond air, traffic numbers show. http://t.co/wmacqMKcNR pic.twitter.com/s0FMFCf9CB

— Daily Travel Stats (@skiftstats) April 22, 2014

Average number of marketing tech/tags deployed by various travel sites, OTAs win out. Source: Lima Consulting. pic.twitter.com/KQtkpRbo2M

— Daily Travel Stats (@skiftstats) April 22, 2014

Majority of Americans not planning to take summer vacation this year! Source: Skift survey: http://t.co/kNnEzDTaau pic.twitter.com/QXNIrsu0eA

— Daily Travel Stats (@skiftstats) April 22, 2014

Rise of mobile booking: Priceline's total mobile bookings more than doubled from $3bn in '12 to over $8bn in '13. Source: Annual Report

— Daily Travel Stats (@skiftstats) April 23, 2014

Google Analytics is the most common marketing tech/vendor various online travel sites are using. Lima Consulting. pic.twitter.com/g1GFNU0l9V

— Daily Travel Stats (@skiftstats) April 22, 2014

In annual consumer satisfaction index Marriott leads hotels at 81/100. Hilton/Hyatt/IHG at 78 http://t.co/fSZjYBj9Np pic.twitter.com/eDy86djwui

— Daily Travel Stats (@skiftstats) April 23, 2014

Americans are less & less satisfied with quality of hotel in-room tech, entertainment & amenities. Source: @theacsi pic.twitter.com/Et1GiS3Qtr

— Daily Travel Stats (@skiftstats) April 23, 2014

10 Most Visited U.S. National Parks Based on Facebook Check-Ins. Source: http://t.co/nPD7ZF47VE pic.twitter.com/vFOlev9UHB

— Daily Travel Stats (@skiftstats) April 24, 2014

38% air travelers likely to buy duty free, upgrades & Wi-Fi via mobile. Source: @ncrcorporation Country-wise data: pic.twitter.com/dtPYSKPATe

— Daily Travel Stats (@skiftstats) April 24, 2014

The international traveler budgets for 2013, Swiss & Aussies spend the most. Source: @tripadvisor4biz pic.twitter.com/HHXkS15Ls1

— Daily Travel Stats (@skiftstats) April 25, 2014

Big disconnect between travelers and hotels that are hosting them. Hoteliers don't value amenities?! @tripadvisor4biz pic.twitter.com/imckI1j3QO

— Daily Travel Stats (@skiftstats) April 25, 2014

Millennials are most interested in beach and culture holidays. Adventure low?? Source: Tripaddvisor global survey. pic.twitter.com/6xSTsJBeYs

— Daily Travel Stats (@skiftstats) April 25, 2014

Death of hotel room mini-bar: only 14% of global travelers consider it important anymore. Source: @tripadvisor4biz. pic.twitter.com/sQKmPgIbeW

— Daily Travel Stats (@skiftstats) April 25, 2014