The World Economic Forum has released its Travel and Tourism report for 2015, containing specific details about which countries are the most expensive to travel to. Without including airfare prices, Australia topped the list by a mile. Ticket taxes, airport charges, hotel prices and fuel costs all weighed in on the decision. You might be shocked to learn that the United States didn’t even come close to making the cut.
But all of you European travellers might want to start saving. The rates are slowly increasing, even though the weather is getting far cooler.
- Australia. Average spending: $AU6779.26
- Israel. Average spending: $AU2647.04
- Switzerland. Average spending: $AU2605.51
- United Kingdom. Average spending: $AU1821.92
- Norway. Average spending: $AU1659.94
- Sweden. Average spending: $AU1366.37
- Italy. Average spending: $AU1273.36
- Denmark. Average spending: $AU1122.76
- Austria. Average spending: $AU1121.11
- France. Average spending: $AU669
Do any of these surprise you?
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