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International Travel Intentions & Outlook 2026: Traveller Survey

Research Highlights

  • 20 Influential Travel Markets Surveyed 
  • Leisure & Business Travel Intentions for 2026 & Beyond 
    • Short-haul vs Long-haul Travel Preferences 
    • International Destination Preferences 

   

£2,500.00

 

 

 

Delivery

PDF

Market

Global

Pages

20

Published

June, 2026

Kaleido’s new survey-based research delves deep into the world of international travel and connectivity. Our extensive research, conducted in Q2 2026, spans 20 influential travel markets, capturing the essence of modern travel behaviours and connectivity preferences.

The questionnaire was developed by Kaleido in partnership with industry stakeholders, and this deck contains traveller feedback focused on leisure and business travel intentions. The research provides the latest travel outlook from a leisure and business traveller perspective, with a specific focus on travel intentions, frequency and journey locations in 2026 and beyond.

The survey was completed by over 5,000 respondents from 20 leading travel markets including:

Australia
Brazil
Canada
China
France
Germany
Hong Kong
India
Indonesia
Italy
Japan
Mexico
Saudi Arabia
Singapore
South Africa
Spain
Thailand
Türkiye
UK
US


In summary, readers will get the following insights from the report:

  • Exploring how frequently travellers took international trips in 2025 and how often they expect to travel internationally in 2026.
  • Insights into the types of international journeys travellers anticipate over the next year.
  • Breakdown into global regions and countries (only in Excel) travellers intend to visit over the next 12 months.
  • Traveller device usage and frequency of use while travelling, segmented by smartphone, work smartphone, laptop, tablet, smartwatch, mobile hotspot and other connected devices.

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Access All Kaleido Travel eSIM Insights:

The report forms part of Kaleido’s Travel eSIM Research Package.

The package contains all insights from Kaleido on Travel eSIM, including full survey findings from Kaleido’s annual research, granular competitive intelligence, all market sizing and forecasts, strategic recommendations and impacts of travel eSIM on the wider roaming and eSIM ecosystems. 

Report Authors

Nitin Bhas

Nitin Bhas

Chief of Strategy & Insights

Contact Author

James Moar

James Moar

Principal Analyst

Max Holden

Max Holden

Market Research Analyst, Kaleido Intelligence

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