Europ Assistance releases its 19th annual Barometer on Summer Holidays, focusing on Europeans and Americans holidays plans. In 2019, summer holiday plans are consolidating in almost all countries with an increasing budget in Europe but decreasing in the United States and in Brazil. Millennials and senior holidaymakers behave quite differently when it comes to holidays (anticipation, choice, activities…). There is a growing trend towards more “natural” holidays in Europe, with an increasing share of holidaymakers attracted to the mountains and the countryside.
According to the Ipsos 2017 Global Infrastructure Index, a third (37%) are satisfied with infrastructure in their country but, regionally, this varies from 35% in LATAM countries to 43% in the APAC region, reaching a high of 65% in Saudi Arabia, four times the low of 15% in Italy.
Africa has the world’s youngest population. Young people account for 60% of the continent’s population. More specifically, there are 220 million young people aged 15-24 in Africa. According to a UNESCO forecast, there will be 350 million in 2030.
As the lines between media, advertising and technology blur, marketers, content creators and consumers are changing. “The people born in 1990s are now buying cars!”
What motivates people to go on holiday? When to go, and where? Focusing on people from mainland Europe, the US and Brazil, a number of trends emerge in the 2016 Ipsos/Europ Assistance Barometer.
The Union finance ministry expects Indian Economy would grow at least 6% in the current financial year, citing a pickup in investment and rising investor confidence. RBI has projected the Indian economy to grow at 5.7%, which is lower than even some private forecasts.
