Top 8 travel trends

We would like to keep you posted on the top 8 travel trends, based on in-depth analysis from more than 180 million guest reviews at various kinds of getaway accommodation as well as 22,000 surveys from globe trotters from 29 countries worldwide. Let’s find out what those 8 current trends are and if you wish to follow suit.

		1. Explore the unknown A trend toward visiting less visited areas is currently on the rise, which not only helps ease an overflow of tourists in major cities but also diminishes possible environmental impacts. In the near future, hopefully, there will be an application or website providing more comprehensive and needed information about these less visited areas.
2. Be tech-savvy Technology has been playing a infuential role in today’s world and our daily life. We are glued to our mobile device and let it take care of most of our daily errands. Without exception, travellers of this era depend heavily on technology, especially AI, for their travel inspirations and decisions on travel destinations.
		3. Keep it slow y opting for a long-drawn-out journey, travellers can get a renewed taste for slow-paced travel, which allows pleasure seekers to enjoy, like never before, more of the once neglected paths leading to their destinations.
4. Experience one-stop enjoyment We cannot deny the fact that most of us live our lives in the fast lane and are time deprived. Today’s travellers, therefore, may prefer a long getaway to any one-stop or nearby destination with their anticipated enjoyment or attactions, in order to help save travel time. With this in mind, operators in the tourism industry have been adjusting their businesses to meet the needs of these travellers.
		5. Love me love my pet Some travelers have pets whom they hold dear and always tag them along wherever they are destined for. Due to that, any accommodation or facilities where pets are allowed and given importance are among pet lover travelers’ first and foremost choice of stay.
6.Fuse the age gap Planning a trip in which younger and older generations can engage in any more or less extreme adventure activities together, especially among their own family members, can certainly create indelible memories for travelers and also help maintain the physical fitness of travelers’ more senior companions. These all-age activities are gaining in popularity and are high on the list of travelers’ choice of fun.
		7.Be the first to be served As the saying goes “An army marches on its stomach”. This is also true for many travellers who may not enjoy the awaiting fun on an empty stomach. Securing seats at their craved restaurants no matter big or small, in a center or a rural area, has become a new and fierce challenge for travellers in order to gratify their craving palates with trending dishes or any local delicacies, before hitting the road to more adventure.
8.Rejoice at retirement According to a recent travel trend, some people have their minds set on a long and undisrupted getaway, specifically after retirement. The time during which they can truly unwind as long as they please at full stretch and free of work stress. That being said, these travelers prefer to plan their trips much ahead of time to ensure that their future imaginary ecstacy will go without a hitch.

New Normal Lifestyle and Shopping

The term ‘New Normal’ is the current phrase we have frequently heard, describing people’s new way of life which seems normal during the COVID-19 pandemic, whether working from home or practicing social distancing. This new normal way of life might have not existed before, but it has now become our usual and current lifestyle, which also goes for the way we shop. With the stay-at-home order to prevent the spread of COVID-19 and the closure of shopping malls and shops all around,

Tourists’ Top Ten Reasons Why You Should Visit Thailand

For our very first Highlight Thailand section, we would like to share with you the article written by René Zografos, a half Norwegian half Greek journalist, photographer, and writer of a famous book “How the World Sees America”. In this article he has compiled ten reasons given by tourists around the world for choosing Thailand as their getaway destination and why Thailand is worth visiting. Let's see what those tourists have to say about Thailand.

Thai dish a day keeps the doctor away

It’s sad but true that most of the nutritional and healthy foods are hard to swallow, especially the medicinal vegetables and herbs. That statement may ring true somewhere else, but in Thailand, we have our appetizing ways to make those therapeutic ingredients more than enjoyable. The 6 following dishes from across Thailand’s regions are the quintessential examples of how Thai cuisine helps the medicine go down in a most delightful way!