Due to the effects of the coronavirus, many peoples’ travel plans this year have either been cancelled or postponed. Although there are a number destinations that are still not able to be visited in 2020, interest in 2021 vacations has been growing in the past few months. In fact, according to Google Trends, searches for 2021 vacations have increased by 124 percent when compared to the end of March.

Keen to find out the most popular destinations, luxury travel company Kuoni analyzed UK and global Google search data to discover which destinations 131 countries around the world were searching for the most for their 2021 trips.

In the US, Japan is the most popular destination for 2021. European destinations Italy, Greece and Ireland also make the top five.

America’s Most Popular 2021 Vacation Destinations

1. Japan
2. Italy
3. Greece
4. Ireland
5. Egypt

Looking at the global data, the results show that the United Arab Emirates is the most popular destination for 2021, followed by Qatar, Canada and the USA, which all share joint 2nd place, and Egypt at 3rd place.

World’s Most Popular 2021 Vacation Destinations

1. United Arab Emirates
2. Qatar / Canada / USA
3. Egypt

Continent by continent, the Maldives is top destination for next year for Europeans.

In Asia, the UAE and Canada are joint top as the most common Googled destinations for 2021, UAE is also number one in Africa, whereas Peru is the most popular 2021 destination in South America.

Dean Harvey, marketing director at Kuoni, said, “With various stages of lockdown still the case for many places around the world, it’s not surprising that lots of us are wanting to book something to look forward to. It’s fascinating to see how popular destinations differ from country to country and the upturn in Google searches matches the upturn in 2021 bookings we’ve seen in recent weeks, with Maldives vacations being booked the most.”

To view the map and read more about the research visit: https://www.kuoni.co.uk/2021-holiday-searches