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Nerd out on travel data and stats, with our SkiftStats Twitter feed.
Our @skiftstats Twitter feed continues to spit out byte-size data points daily about the global travel industry, serving as a great companion to the more in-depth stories we do here on Skift.
Below are 15 of the best data nuggets from the last week, to start your new week in travel:
89% of Americans Are Stressed Out Over Planning Family Vacations Source: @MasterCardNews http://t.co/eOdkZe9ZL4
— Daily Travel Stats (@skiftstats) May 25, 2014
Types of travel videos watched by U.S. travelers, branded videos tops! Source: @emarketer. http://t.co/f1QHAmPk2N pic.twitter.com/8Gu9tLD3Mg
— Daily Travel Stats (@skiftstats) May 25, 2014
eMarketer forecasts U.S. travel’s '14 spend on digital ads will rise 21.3% to $4.15bn, up from $3.42bn year earlier. pic.twitter.com/t1s8d4MV6J
— Daily Travel Stats (@skiftstats) May 25, 2014
Shopping tourism: Visitors from Singapore to the US spend 73% of trip budget on retail; Mexico 60%, Japan 59%, Australia 47%, Germany 40%.
— Daily Travel Stats (@skiftstats) May 26, 2014
Top 10 most important sources of information influencing travelers' booking decisions. Source: http://t.co/wJMKe1cmzK pic.twitter.com/EVwew6PVSF
— Daily Travel Stats (@skiftstats) May 26, 2014
Surprising: Leisure travelers are 50% more likely to purchase a hotel upgrade than business travelers. Source: @nor1 http://t.co/1vJVWb3RaD
— Daily Travel Stats (@skiftstats) May 27, 2014
When do airline fares drop most? Acc to @fareiq, it is tuesday off hours, based on its data analysis. pic.twitter.com/0RftVnNpBd
— Daily Travel Stats (@skiftstats) May 28, 2014
Airlines which have most volatile air ticket prices, acc to data analyzed by @fareiq. BA, AA top! pic.twitter.com/nk1aWCE2kq
— Daily Travel Stats (@skiftstats) May 28, 2014
Top summer destinations for summer rail travel in U.S. Source: @vacationsbyrail pic.twitter.com/yicaTquwFs
— Daily Travel Stats (@skiftstats) May 28, 2014
The top 10 Asia/Pacific cities where international visitors’ did most spending as tourists in 2013: Source: Masterca… pic.twitter.com/6MHhzrtWj8
— Daily Travel Stats (@skiftstats) May 28, 2014
Shopping tourists of these countries are the biggest spenders on the planet. Source: @globalblue pic.twitter.com/NCni3Brts0
— Daily Travel Stats (@skiftstats) May 28, 2014
This is an amazing chart: Mobile use as % of total Web usage, by region. Source: http://t.co/aAUkdDGcZd pic.twitter.com/S3cLqyfJAS
— Daily Travel Stats (@skiftstats) May 29, 2014
These are countries where smartphones are most viewed screens, bigger than TV! Source: http://t.co/WW8myqwuqK pic.twitter.com/6pVYssjvqa
— Daily Travel Stats (@skiftstats) May 29, 2014
Top 10 countries that visited U.S. in Jan 2014 & changes from 2013, Chinese still coming! pic.twitter.com/GLRCl11nOI
— Daily Travel Stats (@skiftstats) May 31, 2014
Travelers from Brazil & China spent a combined $20 billion in 2013, up from about $8 billion in 2009! pic.twitter.com/WRx2AhMo1f
— Daily Travel Stats (@skiftstats) May 31, 2014
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