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Many Indonesian travelers not planning holiday abroad anytime soon: Survey
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The survey also recorded that more than 25 percent of the respondents in Indonesia, India, the Philippines and Vietnam said they were planning to travel domestically in the next three months. (Shutterstock/Dolores Giraldez Alonso)
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s the COVID-19 pandemic forces people to cancel their holiday plans, a recent survey has revealed that a large number of Indonesians are planning to wait at least another year before traveling abroad again.
According to Google Consumer Surveys, which conducted the research across 17 countries including Indonesia between April and May, some 44 percent of Indonesian respondents plan to wait for more than a year before vacationing overseas, while 17 percent will consider doing so in the next three months.
In regard to which countries these travelers would like to visit in the next three months, 34 percent said they wanted to visit Asia Pacific countries, meanwhile 23 percent preferred to travel to nearby cities.
Amid the outbreak, 28 percent of the Indonesian respondents said they would book a hotel room in the next three months if there was a discount offer of at least 25 percent. Other important factors mentioned were an improvement in hygiene standards (24 percent), free face masks or sanitizer wipes (21 percent) and no changes or cancellation fees (16 percent).
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Discount offers for air travel were also deemed important for these holidaymakers as 28 percent of respondents stated that they would book flight tickets in the next three months if the price was discounted by at least 25 percent. Aside from cheaper tickets, improvements in hygiene standards (24 percent), free face masks or sanitizer wipes (21 percent) and no amendment or cancellation fees (16 percent) were also mentioned as the most important considerations.
The survey also recorded that more than 25 percent of respondents in Indonesia, India, the Philippines and Vietnam said they were planning to travel domestically in the next three months; a much higher number compared with respondents in other countries such as Australia and Japan (14 percent). (wir/kes)
