With the summer holiday season in full swing and people keen to ‘get away from it all’, Agoda, one of the world’s fastest-growing digital travel platforms, reveals that a majority of countries surveyed by global travelers would most likely want to meet their fellow countrymen or women while on holiday.

More than one in five Japanese and Australians would choose to meet their own citizens over other nationalities while on vacation. But they are not alone; the Agoda Favorite Nationalities to Encounter survey reveals that travelers from seven out of the 11 countries surveyed would most like to encounter their own countrymen on holiday.

The top six countries where travelers would prefer to meet their own nationality when traveling — Japan (22%), Australia (21%), Thailand (19%), China (18%), the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (17%), and UK (16%).

Bucking this trend are global travelers from Indonesia, with only 7% of travelers keen to meet Indonesians when traveling, along with UAE travelers at 10%.

American travelers are the single most popular nationality to meet, with Agoda’s survey revealing Americans ranking in the top three countries for eight out of the 11 surveyed. This appeal for meeting American travelers stretches across the continents, as seen on the list for travelers in Australia, China, Indonesia, Japan, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, the USA, the UK, and Vietnam.

Despite Brexit, the UK is the top country to favor meeting European travelers (45%), followed by Chinese, Australian, and US travelers.

Asian travelers are more likely to want to meet other Asian travelers on vacation, with five out of the six Asian markets more likely to want to meet Japanese when on holiday.

Holiday Data at a Glance Global travelers

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