Americans continue to be enchanted by London, England’s city lights and festive holiday markets, holding onto its number one spot since the survey’s inception in 2016, with Paris, France, anticipated to see a high number of U.S. travelers as well in its consistent number two position. Some destinations will experience a significant increase in travelers this year, particularly in the Iberian Peninsula, with a notable rise in American travel to Madrid, Spain (+ 37%), Barcelona, Spain (+ 61%) and Lisbon, Portugal (+ 47%).
Other notable increases this year include Prague in the Czech Republic (+ 51%), which has made its way back into the Top 20 for the first time since pre-pandemic levels in 2019, as well as Geneva, Switzerland (+ 12%), which cracks the top list of destinations since its last appearance in 2017.
“The continued rise in Americans traveling internationally for the holidays proves there’s still plenty of catching up to do when it comes to checking off their European bucket list,” said Daniel Durazo, director of external communications at Allianz Partners USA. “Travel insurance for international trips should be on everyone’s pre-trip checklist to help protect against unexpected covered events as well as medical emergencies while traveling. Travel insurance can provide reimbursements for covered unexpected travel mishaps like travel delays, trip cancellations or interruptions, lost baggage, or medical emergencies and 24/7 travel assistance can help with many travel-related problems.”
Allianz Partners offers travel insurance through most major U.S. airlines, leading travel agents, online travel agencies, hotel companies, cruise lines and directly to consumers. For more information on Allianz and available travel policies, please visit http://www.allianztravelinsurance.com/.
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*Methodology: The data of U.S. travelers' 2023 European travel plans was gathered by analyzing the number of travelers that went through the online booking process of airfare and package paths for partners offering Allianz Global Assistance travel insurance to generate itineraries for roundtrip flights departing from U.S. airports to European destinations between 11/22/23-1/4/2024. In total, 1.3M itineraries were analyzed using this methodology.