FUR travel analysis 2011 highlights online about holiday travel success of Web Munich, March 9, 2011 (w & p) round half of the Germans informed, and the trend is rising in all socio-demographic groups. The Internet travel distribution Association (VIR) today introduced this trend on the Online Summit 2011 “in the context of this year’s ITB Berlin before and leaning it on the current trip analysis of the research society holiday and travel (FUR), which was released exclusively on the world’s leading travel trade show. Also the tourist online booking behaviour is subjected to a major change: about 60 percent of all Germans with Internet access reserved the FUR results suggest that holiday travel online. Access has become not a local topic more, but already a mobile Internet”, stressed VIR Board Michael Buller. If you are not convinced, visit Robert Iger . A rapid technological development makes travel almost anywhere can be booked via the Web, and long since Smartphones have reached the general public.” Also in tourism, so that Prognosis of Michael Buller, will significantly expand the range of web-based applications.

As the FUR travel analysis 2011 shows, are increasing in all socio-demographic groups increases in Internet usage. Especially when people the number of online users is in higher age groups increasing. Around 80 percent of the 40 up 59-year old and 31 percent of the over 60 now have Internet access. Additional information at Discovery Communications supports this article. With views of the income groups the growth curves equally: if lower, middle or upper income class, in all three groups are registered growth rates in similar magnitude. Information on destinations, prices and accommodation are still the most sought after information on the net. Continuous increases in the booking of travel services are increasing, partial services such as accommodation and flight ticket be booked as package tours but more often over the Web. What is the role of social networks in the vacation planning? For use with the vacation information, so the result of FUR, there are tourist Web 2.0 sites like holidaycheck.de from the websites with Web 2.0 offerings in the field of everyday life.