Global travelers plan to take more short getaways (≤3 nights) than longer vacations (>3 nights) in the next 12 months.

Google/Phocuswright, Travel Study 2017, base: Leisure Travelers: U.S. n=673, Brazil n=640, U.K. n=635, France n=480, Germany n=553, Australia n=617, India n=707, Japan n=462, S. Korea n=688, 2017.

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