5 Charts Showing Habits of Asian Business Travelers for 2016


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Asian business travelers are willing to use untraditional means of travel that business travelers generally aren't lumped in with, such as flying low-cost carriers or staying in an Airbnb. With these statistics in mind, it's no wonder places like China and Japan are Airbnb's fastest-growing markets and low-cost carriers are dominating that region.

As the world's fastest-growing business travel market, Asian business travelers are probably bolder and more open-minded than the U.S. and European business travelers who dominated this stage for decades. Some 69% of business travelers in Asia have the freedom to choose which airline they fly and which hotel they stay in with no restrictions from their travel policies. About 41% are willing to fly low-cost carriers and about the same percentage would consider staying in a home or apartment rental during business trips. That's according to a survey of 2,500 business travelers from China, India,