Going out with a bang: Travel for New Year's Eve skyrockets

<br /> Going out with a bang: Travel for New Year’s Eve skyrockets<br />

PR Newswire

Tokyo

,

New York

,

London

regional favorites for countdown festivities

SINGAPORE

,

Dec. 26, 2022

/PRNewswire/ — For the first time in three years hassle-free international travel is possible again for New Year’s Eve – and travelers are jumping at the opportunity to take advantage. Agoda data shows a 29% rise in searches for countdown getaways compared to last year, and a staggering 88% more searches compared to 2020. To further prove travel is back: the number of searches even surpasses the data from 2019 – the last pre-pandemic year – by over 41%.

For New Year’s Eve this year, urban destinations are the most sought-after globally, with travelers looking to join the crowds to enjoy big festivities and breathtaking fireworks displays. Agoda, a leading digital travel platform, also looked at search data specific for New Year’s Eve travel by region, sharing top destinations in

North America

,

Europe

, and

Asia

.

Asia

sees

Tokyo

take the number one spot. Ever since

Japan

reopened its borders to inbound tourism, the popularity of the land of the rising sun has been on a different level.

Asia’s

New Year’s Eve top-three is completed by

Thailand

favorite

Bangkok, Thailand

and recently reopened

Taipei, Taiwan

.

In

North America

, travelers are most looking forward to watching the ball drop in

New York City

. While many others are hoping to start 2023 with lady luck smiling on them in

Las Vegas

, or among the stars in

Los Angeles

.

The search data for

Europe

shows

London

and

Paris

in the number one and two spots respectively. While they’re in the top five, it’s not

Rome

or

Amsterdam

where travelers are looking to spend the closing seconds of 2022. Instead, the Turkish capital

Istanbul

comes in third. The continent-crossing city on the banks of the Bosporus allures many and may look forward to hosting an influx of travelers to celebrate the year’s final countdown.

But a city trip isn’t the only travel category to have made the top list. With winter in full swing in the northern hemisphere, lots of travelers are looking to kick off 2023 in warmer climes. Famous beach destinations like Pattaya and

Bali

in

Asia

, and

Honolulu

and

Cancun

in

North America

claim a spot in the ranking and prove that for New Year’s Eve one size does not fit all.

ABOUT AGODA

Agoda helps anyone travel anywhere with its great value deals on a global network of

2.9M

hotels and holiday properties worldwide, plus flights, airport transfers and more. Agoda.com and the Agoda mobile app are available in 39 languages, and supported by 24/7 customer support.

Headquartered in

Singapore

, Agoda is part of Booking Holdings (Nasdaq: BKNG) and employs more than 5,500 staff in 35 markets, dedicated to leveraging best-in-class technology to make travel even easier.