Aussie love affair with Bali continues

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Bali has once again emerged as the top holiday spot for Aussie travellers outranking other popular destinations in 2015.

The findings of the latest Hotel Price Index™ (HPI™) from Hotels.com™ also revealed a resurgence in the popularity of Thailand, with the southern beach resort of Phuket and capital Bangkok both creeping up in the top 10 leader board of the most popular international destinations for Aussie travellers in 2015.

Despite the weakening Aussie dollar, the US cities of New York, Honolulu and Las Vegas made the top ten, with New York ranking as the second most popular destination for two years in a row. Las Vegas also re-entered the list and claimed tenth spot after falling off in 2014.

Meanwhile, Singapore held its position as the third most popular international destination for Australians for a third year running, while London moved down a spot from 2014 to fifth position. Both Hong Kong and Tokyo slipped back in 2015 to the eighth and ninth most popular international destinations respectively.

Commenting on the latest figures, Katherine Cole, Regional Director for Australia, New Zealand & Singapore for the Hotels.com brand, said: “From north to south of the Equator, Aussies love to travel, and 2015 was a year where they travelled the globe, creating new international travel trends. While hot spots in Asia feature in the list where Aussies continued to get more bang for their buck, little deterred our love affair with the United States.”

Top 10 international destinations for Australian travellers:

 

Rank20152014
1Bali

 

Bali
2New York

 

New York
3Singapore

 

Singapore
4Phuket

 

London
5London

 

Tokyo
6Honolulu

 

Hong Kong
7Bangkok

 

Honolulu
8Hong Kong

 

Patong
9Tokyo

 

Paris
10Las VegasBangkok

 

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