Research Centre

Kaleido’s new survey-based research delves deep into the world of international travel and connectivity. Our extensive research, conducted in April 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. This deck contains feedback from 20+ questions focused on leisure and business connectivity habits, purchase preferences, connectivity usage factors and roaming usage factors, and future outlook. 

The research provides the latest connectivity outlook from a leisure and business traveller perspective, with a specific focus on connectivity purchase sales channels, connectivity data purchase volumes, roaming usage drivers and roaming spend per trip abroad.

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

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

• Travel connectivity preferences for roaming, highlighting both current usage and future plans among leisure and business travellers.
• Evaluation of travel connectivity trends, key market drivers and obstacles, and evolving traveller expectations shaping the 2026 connectivity ecosystem.
• Understand the proportion of silent vs occasional vs active roamers across all markets.
• Breakdown of traveller spending behaviours, including average roaming spend per trip and data bundles purchased.
• Exploring connectivity purchase methods and purchase channels, alongside time of purchase.
• Key factors influencing travellers decision to use roaming services and roaming price point sensitivity.

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Request your Bespoke Travel Connectivity Market Strategy, Country Analysis & Survey Data consulting with our expert team today and witness your brand’s transformation into an industry innovator.

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.