Most popular travel and tourism websites worldwide 2024
In January 2024, booking.com was the most visited travel and tourism website worldwide. That month, Booking’s web page recorded roughly 565 million visits. Tripadvisor.com and airbnb.com followed in the ranking, with around 162 million and 101 million visits, respectively.
Popular online travel agencies in the U.S.
Online travel agencies (OTAs), such as Booking and Expedia, offer a wide variety of services including online hotel bookings, flight reservations, and car rentals. According to Statista Consumer Insights Global survey, when looking at flight search engine online bookings by brand in the United States, Booking.com was the most popular option when it came to making online flight reservations as of December 2023. When focusing on hotel and private accommodation online bookings in the U.S., the same site was the most popular brand, followed by Hotels.com, Airbnb, and Expedia.
The OTA recovery after the impact of COVID-19
With the onset of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, online travel agencies experienced a dramatic reduction in bookings as countries worldwide enforced travel restrictions to address the health crisis. After two very challenging years for the tourism market, travel companies showed strong signs of recovery in 2022. That year, the revenue of Booking Holdings worldwide amounted to over 17 billion U.S. dollars, surpassing pre-pandemic levels. Meanwhile, the global revenue of Expedia Group, Inc. rose by nearly 36 percent compared to 2021.