Top Destinations for Millennials

Resonance Consultancy Ltd., conducted a survey of active U.S. international travelers to determine the hottest travel destinations for those ages 18–35.

The top regions for future international travel are Europe, with 57 percent of those surveyed planning to visit the continent, and the Caribbean, at 46 percent. In Europe, Italy, England and France are the top destinations. The Bahamas ranks No. 1 in the Caribbean. About one-quarter of respondents are interested in traveling to Asia, with China and Japan of greatest interest. Canada ranks before Mexico as the country most U.S. travelers are likely to visit.

The top 20 countries Americans plan to visit in the next one to two years are:

1. Canada
2. Mexico
3. Italy
4. England
5. France
6. Germany
7. Spain
8. Ireland
9. Bahamas
10. Greece
11. China
12. Japan
13. Jamaica
14. Aruba
15. Cayman Islands
16. Puerto Rico
17. U.S. Virgin Islands
18. St. Maarten
19. Switzerland
20. Scotland/St Lucia/Bermuda

Resonance Consultancy creates destination development plans, strategic marketing and competitive place branding identities for leading travel and tourism companies and organization around the world; the company has completed more than 100 travel and tourism surveys. More than 1,200 active travelers 18 and older with household incomes of $50,000 or more who have traveled internationally in the past year were polled.