Tourists' Perceptions of Holiday Costs in Asia Vary Widely, Reveals Skyscanner

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Tourists' Perceptions of Holiday Costs in Asia

Vary Widely, Reveals Skyscanner

PR Newswire

SINGAPORE, June 4, 2012

SINGAPORE

,

June 4, 2012

/PRNewswire/ --

A study by leading travel search site Skyscanner has shown there can be huge

misconceptions between the perceived cost of holiday destinations and the

actual costs.

The annual study of 30 popular holiday destinations revealed that

India

is

perceived to be the cheapest country by tourists while in fact it came in fifth

place in the actual cost rankings and when the cost of flights from the UK was

factored in,

India

came in 16

th

place in the overall rankings, beating

destinations such as

Brazil

and

Mexico

and making it the cheapest long-haul

destination for British tourists.

However, in some cases tourists were very accurate in their perception.

Thailand

was in second place both in terms of the public's perception and the

actual country cost.

On the other hand,

Japan

was overestimated by the public and was actually

cheaper than perceived, jumping 13 places from fourth most expensive to

number 14 in the actual country cost rankings.

Skyscanner's Market Development Manager for

India

, Kavitha Gnanamurthy,

commented: "While the public's perception of holiday costs in

Asia

varies, our

study confirms that countries such as

India

offer tourists some of the best value

in the world and of course an abundance of beautiful scenery and historic

monuments."

Actual Country

Actual Country Cost Cost Ranking Incl.

Perceived Country

Ranking (one day

Flights (one week

Rank Cost Ranking

cost)

cost)

1.

India

Morocco

Poland

2.

Thailand

Thailand

Germany

3.

Poland

Poland

Portugal

4.

Morocco

Portugal

Spain

5.

Egypt

India

UK

6.

Mexico

Spain

Ireland

7.

Croatia

Egypt

Morocco

8.

Dominican Republic

Ireland

France

9.

Brazil

UK

Egypt

10.

Portugal

Germany

Greece

11.

Greece

New Zealand

Croatia

12.

South Africa

Cyprus

Italy

13

Spain

Iceland

Denmark

14.

USA

Japan

Sweden

15.

Cyprus

Mexico

Cyprus

16.

Russia

South Africa

India

17.

Canada

Greece

Iceland

18.

New Zealand

Dominican Republic

Switzerland

19.

Germany

France

Russia

20.

Australia

Croatia

Dubai

21.

Italy

Dubai

Thailand

22.

Ireland

Italy

South Africa

23.

France

Canada

Japan

24.

UK

USA

Canada

25.

Dubai

Australia

USA

26.

Iceland

Russia

Dominican Republic

27.

Japan

Denmark

Australia

28.

Denmark

Sweden

Mexico

29.

Sweden

Brazil

New Zealand

30.

Switzerland

Switzerland

Brazil

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