by Sangeeta Kocharekar URL Copied! You’re not imagining it: since COVID more and more Australians are swapping winter for Euro Summer. In 2023, ANZ found that 110,200 cardholders visited Europe in June, July and August, up 47% from the same period in 2022. This year international arrivals to Europe in July and August showed 12% growth from the previous years, data from ForwardKeys shows .
“Five years ago many Australians opted for summer road trips through Canada or the US but now there’s a clear preference for Europe,” says Ivona Siniarska, director of travel agency Take Off Go . var VMDAdsTheLatch = window.VMDAdsTheLatch || {}; var gptAdSlots = window.
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” The very best of The Latch delivered straight to your inbox. The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) reports the top three Euro Summer destinations for Australians in 2023 were the UK (214,800 between June and August 2023), Italy (1.