Asian travelers are more engaged on wireless devices on trips

The global travel industry is getting reformed every day as wireless devices like smartphones and tablets keep travelers engaged even when they are on vacations. Hotels.com conducted a survey and named it the Global Disconnect Survey over 28 countries to have an overview of traveler behaviour when they are holidaying, the results were quite intriguing.

The Asian countries have climbed the list of travelers who are most unwilling to ditch their wireless devices while traveling. The top six countries in a poll showing not everyone appreciates work-life balance when travelling are from Asia.

Almost 85% of travelers in Thailand think that they cannot think of a holiday without their smartphones or tablets. South Korea (78%), Japan (67%), Singapore (60%) and Taiwan (53%) follow the trend. However, UK and US are ranked at number 15 and 17 with 35% and 33% respectively.

India with the second highest population in the world and the most quickly growing smartphone user base came at the last position with only 205 of the travelers not willing to shun their wireless devices. However, travel booking and planning through smartphones and tablets are on a roll in India.

The survey also looked into a special trait of global travelers and called it as exaggerating vacation experience. Quite interestingly, the Asian countries took the top spots with China leading the way with 67% of travelers who admit over-cooking their experience.

The first ten spots in this rank are Asian countries. The list goes like: China (67%), Germany (64%), Korea (48%), Spain (47%), Thailand (46%), Taiwan (44%), India (40%), Russia (37%), Netherlands (36%), Japan (36%), and Singapore (35%).

Another interesting part of the survey dealt with the most important things to carry on a trip. Smartphone came as the second most important object after passport. Travel insurance and travel guide came to the last two spots which also indicate the lack of organic travel planning.

Below you will find the complete infographic of the survey made by Hotels.com.