On the rise in travel purchases on online platforms
07-07-23
With summer on the horizon, people are looking for their next holiday destination to get away from it all, and to do so, according to fintech company EBANX, tourists are turning to online platforms to buy their next trip. In 2022, it was recorded that in Latin America 53% of travel sales were made through online platforms compared to 47% that were made offline, and it is estimated that by 2023 the volume of virtual tourism purchases will reach $70 billion.
The study also found that despite the fact that 72% of Latin American adults do not have a credit card, nearly 70% of online travel purchases were financed with this credit product, among other reasons, because of the payment flexibility it offers. Providing the possibility to split the total cost in instalments can be a decisive factor even more than the price, and even for sellers it can increase the average value of purchases by up to 6 times.