In this week's travel news, we list the hottest cities for New Year's Eve celebrations. We also tell you about the new cloned influencer robot, which has been talked about this week. We'd love to hear your opinion on this! Plus: the most popular travel destination in Asia, holiday services we Swedes dream of, and crowded trains at Christmas.
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Japan most popular destination in Asia
Japan is the Asian country that most Swedish travellers (28 %) dream of visiting at some point in their lives. One in four (24 %) dream of the Maldives and a fifth (20 %) would prefer to visit China. This is according to a new survey by Lotus Travel, where 1000 Swedish travellers were asked about their travel habits. Asia.
When it comes to the seven new wonders of the world, the Great Wall of China is the most popular. Older travellers (80+) want to see the Taj Mahal in India, while younger travellers (up to 29) are attracted to the Statue of Christ in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
This is the holiday service Swedes dream of
If you could dream, what service would you like to enjoy on holiday? NOVASOL has conducted a survey in which 1395 people answered which service they would like to enjoy on holiday. A total of 33% answered "none of the options", and among the others the following options were the most popular:
- Boat with captain and other staff (18 %)
- Personal guide (16 %)
- Own cook (13 %)
- Private driver (10 %)
- Personal trainer (6 %)
High pressure on trains at Christmas
More and more people are travelling by train over the Christmas holidays. At SJ, Christmas and New Year's travel looks set to increase by 13 per cent compared to the same time last year. Several of SJ's most popular departures are already sold out. Some of the most heavily booked routes for Christmas are Gothenburg-Stockholm-Narvik, Stockholm-Stockholm-Narvik etc.Malmö-Copenhagen and Stockholm-Åre. These are routes where several of the departures have already been completely sold out. The biggest booking pressure is on Friday 21 December.
Where Swedes prefer to celebrate New Year
Those Swedes who choose to celebrate Christmas at home but want to travel abroad over New Year's, where do they go? According to a press release from Ticket, these travellers prefer to spend New Year's Eve in Paris, London or Amsterdam. The destinations with the biggest increase over New Year are Warsaw (+150%), followed by Madrid (+75%) and Copenhagen (+50%). Most popular cities for New Year's travel in 2018:
Isabella Löwengrip clones herself.
Influencer and entrepreneur Isabella Löwengrip announced a week ago that her company is building a robotic influencer. Isabella writes on her blog that she will be the company's bottleneck when expanding globally. She cannot be everywhere at once, so they have solved this by inventing "Gabrielle Löwengrip".
Based in New York, Gabrielle's Instagram followers can get a glimpse into her life as she dates, tries brunch staples and engages in beauty. Are cloned influencer robots the future, or do we still want to be inspired by flesh and blood humans? That remains to be seen.
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Anette says:
It's always interesting to read about the destinations that attract people, and it's nice to see that it varies and that the age of the traveller matters.
I don't like the idea of a robot influencer, it's ridiculous. But nobody cares what I think, right?
26 November 2018 - 8:37
Helena says:
I don't think you are alone in being suspicious of an influencer robot. Personally, I hardly want to follow a robot. But what do I know, about how the young NYers think...?
27 November 2018 - 6:23
BP says:
Swedes' holiday dreams sound pretty far-fetched to me, but...
Isabella Löwengrip must be the smartest girl in the world. She was really ahead of her time and used the blog to make a fortune. How incredibly clever!
You can think what you like about robot influencers, a word I've never heard of. On the other hand, I don't know what a beauty tech company is either. So I just wish her good luck!
26 November 2018 - 19:19
Helena says:
Isabella is smart and has really managed to do business! I don't know what to think about influencer robots. The whole thing with bloggers is that it should be personal ... I think. But what do I know, this concept apparently already exists in Asia, so who knows, it might work? Or maybe people just follow because they are curious 😉 Probably a smart PR trick anyway 😉.
27 November 2018 - 6:26
marina says:
Cloned influence robot...well, I wouldn't think so! It's fun to see what people dream about and what they want. For my part, it will be New Year's Eve in Cannes, partly because it is definitely a nice city to celebrate New Year's in, and partly for practical reasons because we have a lot to fix, otherwise I could definitely have imagined any of the other cities to celebrate New Year's in. Maybe next year...
26 November 2018 - 19:22
Helena says:
It sounds nice with New Year in Cannes! 🙂
27 November 2018 - 19:45
Britt-Marie Lundgren says:
I find it fun to look at various lists. When it comes to service on holiday, we would probably be in the large group that does not prefer any of the options on the list.
We have realised that Japan is popular because many of our acquaintances speak highly of the destination. We have no desire to go there, I don't know why.
However, China and another of the seven new wonders are high on the list.
26 November 2018 - 20:06
Helena says:
I think Japan sounds exciting, but so is China! I have been there twice, but it is a huge country so much left to see of course 😉 .
27 November 2018 - 19:46
Lena - good for the soul says:
Feels very tricky with that clone. I definitely want a real person behind it.
Hug Lena
04 December 2018 - 21:31