Destinations

The competition for travelers' attention has never been more intense. Tourism boards and destination marketers are evolving their strategies to engage visitors, shape experiences, and drive demand in a rapidly shifting landscape.

Skift Research delivers deep analysis on tourism trends, competitive positioning, and traveler intent, helping destinations stay ahead. We explore how marketing campaigns, digital engagement, and economic factors influence visitation patterns and traveler decision-making.

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From brand storytelling and sustainability efforts to emerging source markets and seasonality trends, our research equips industry leaders with the data and insights needed to attract the next generation of travelers.

Stay ahead of the curve with in-depth research on tourism demand, evolving consumer behavior, and the strategies shaping top destinations worldwide.

Airlines

Travel Marketing During COVID-19

Nearly 90% of travel marketers have slashed their marketing budgets due to COVID-19. With restrained resources and changing mandates, how can travel CMOs and their teams navigate through the crisis stronger? We delve into these crucial questions for answers.

Haixia Wang | 6 years ago

Business Travel

U.S. Travel Tracker March 2020: Travel Sentiment Amid Lockdown

With travel restrictions in place, the U.S. travel rate in March dropped to 25% from 41% in February. What’s changed is also people’s outlook of travel on the other side of the pandemic.

Haixia Wang | 6 years ago

Consumer Habits

U.S. Travel Tracker January and February 2020: Onset of COVID-19 Impact

We are keeping track of if and how the U.S. population is traveling month by month and hope to detect signs of a rebound in the not too distant future.

Haixia Wang | 6 years ago

Consumer Habits

Millennial Parents: The New Generation of Family Travel

Families headed by Millennial parents are taking an ever larger share of the family travel market. To win them over, the industry needs to know what sets them apart from their generational peers.

Meghan Carty | 6 years ago

Airlines

Skift Global Travel Economy Outlook 2020

We head into 2020 with more question marks than any year of this cycle. Risks are rising and the global economy is slowing. But, crucially, we are still growing and our base case forecast travel growth to continue next year.

Seth Borko and Wouter Geerts | 7 years ago

Consumer Habits

Defining the New Era of Wellness Tourism: Trends and Best Practices for Stakeholders

Wellness has long been an important part of the travel experience, but it has just recently exploded as a full-fledged trend. Travel industry stakeholders looking to attract wellness-minded consumers need to understand what wellness tourism means today in order to successfully find a place within it.

Meghan Carty | 7 years ago

Consumer Habits

Millennial and Gen Z Traveler Survey 2019: A Multi-Country Comparison Report

Millennials have been in the travel industry’s spotlight for years already, yet they still remain somewhat of a mystery. As they continue to gain spending power, their successor generation, Gen Z, is hot on their heels. Thinking about these generational cohorts as a global collective however, risks painting the picture with too broad a brush.

Meghan Carty | 7 years ago

Consumer Habits

Global Travel Economics 2019-2029

As many as four out of the next five new outbound travelers in the next decade could come from the emerging world. Are you prepared for the center of gravity in travel to shift?

Seth Borko | 7 years ago

Airlines

U.S. Affluent Traveler Trends 2019: Annual Survey on Travel Behavior

The spending power of U.S. Affluent Travelers makes them an attractive target market. In the third iteration of this report, we look at how their attitudes, behaviors, and values have changed or stayed the same over time, and how they vary based on income level, age, and whether or not they have children.

Meghan Carty | 7 years ago

Destinations

Natural Language Processing: Media Sentiment as an Indicator of Overtourism

Overtourism is one of the biggest challenges faced by the travel industry. Quantifying it helps diagnose and fight the issue. Our new method of measuring local sentiment toward tourists can build upon and complement existing overtourism metrics.

Seth Borko | 7 years ago

Destinations

Marketing Operations in the Travel Industry Benchmarks: Tours and Activities

As travel CMOs and their teams take on more responsibilities, a well-designed and articulated operations plan is crucial for delivering marketing success. Use this series of Skift Research reports to see how you stack up against other companies in your sector in key operational areas and set up strategies to optimize.

Haixia Wang | 7 years ago

Airlines

U.S. Experiential Traveler Trends 2019: Annual Survey on Traveler Behavior, Motivations, and Preferences

In the third iteration of this survey, we give an in-depth look at how the modern American travelers’ values, attitudes, and behaviors have changed or remained constant over time.

Meghan Carty | 7 years ago