DRIFT Travel Winter 2018

The other top travel activities to
complete in 2018 look set to be
experiencing a unique cultural
event (28%), learning a new skill
(27%), going on an epic road or
rail journey (25%) and visiting a
remote or challenging location
(25%).
3. RETRO REBOOT
As well as new experiences,
travelers will be revisiting their
favorite childhood memories as
part of their trips in 2018. Blending
the future with the past, next year’s
travelers will be inspired to return
to previously loved destinations
and explore them in a whole new
way. A third of travelers (34%)
will consider a holiday they
experienced as a child for 2018.
These popularity of these vintage
vacations stems from the feelings
of nostalgia and happiness the
destinations evoke. Travelers say
that former family holidays recall
the fondest memories, even more
so than childhood sweethearts or
family pets. Millennials look set
to be even more sentimental with
44% of 18 to 34 year olds keen
to hark back to favorite family
destinations. With 60% of travelers
in 2018 intending to post on social
media each day, we can expect to
see these nostalgic places brought
back to the future and captured for
social posterity.
4. POP CULTURE PILGRIMAGE
With the world at our finger tips,
we rely on many sources to inspire
us to travel to new destinations.
Tapping into our passions is one
way of helping to identify the
locations most suited to us - from
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