Engaging travelers to embrace more sustainable behaviours

Traveler Insights

2025 marks the 10th year of our Travel & Sustainability Report. In that time we have surveyed nearly 230,000 travellers in 35 markets. In 2025, we surveyed 32,000 travellers in 34 countries & territories.

57%

feel that tourism has a positive impact overall where they live, however they highlight challenges related to traffic, littering, overcrowding and rising costs

Traveler Insights
16%

say visitor numbers should be capped in their home destination, instead emphasising the need for investment in infrastructure

Traveler Insights
73%

want the money they spend to go back into the local community to support the destinations economy

Traveler Insights
93%

they want to make more sustainable travel choices and to some extent have done so

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53%

are conscious of travel’s impact on communities as well as the environment

Traveler Insights
38%

want to see improved investment in transportation infrastructure in the place they live

Traveler Insights
How we display more sustainable choices to travelers
Global Accommodations: The Road to Net-Zero Emissions