Travel in Africa is currently booming, thanks to the increasing number of leisure travellers and conduct of inter-regional and international businesses. Popular destinations attract even more tourists and unknown ones are unveiled as websites like Jovago.com bring even the most remote hotels to the fore, giving them the opportunity to access a global audience while bringing an unlimited choice of hotels to the fingertips of the savvy traveller. This infographic shows the travel habits of African travellers ranging from the average number of days spent at hotels to the extent to which they book in advance.
Room rates
Across the African continent, costs of hotels vary depending on the type of rooms and services that accompany them. The survey shows Mali, Mozambique and Djibouti have the highest average amount spent per night in hotels.
Preferred payment methods
The trust for pre-payment methods is still in construction as only 27% of travellers who book online prefer to wrap up the transaction through mobile payments. The majority, 73% prefer to make their payments upon arrival to the hotel in the good old-fashioned way.
Length of stay
The average length of stay in hotels is for 2 days and the longest stay registered was for 30 days! From this, it seems as though business trips are getting shorter. The case may not be the same for vacations but 2 days is a great quick fix for accumulated stress!
Hotel bookings in advance
63% of travellers are pretty cautious as they prefer to book less than 7 days in advance for their hotel stays. Following them with 26% are the spontaneous ones who prefer to book just hours in advance of their arrival at the hotel.
Room type
81% of rooms booked are double rooms hence they accommodate two adults, 15% are single rooms for the solo travellers and the other 4% range from rooms that accommodate two adults with kids or a group. The largest number of people accommodated in an hotel room is 8!
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About Jovago: Jovago.com is an online hotel booking service with offices in Lagos (Nigeria), Nairobi (Kenya), Dakar (Senegal) founded by Africa Internet Group and has MTN and Millicom as investors. Jovago.com facilitates the booking process for its users to provide them with the best hotel booking experience with fast, transparent and easy-to-use services. Jovago.com has over 20,000 local hotel listings across Africa and over 200,000 hotels around the world. Follow them on Twitter: @jovagotravel and like on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jovago.com
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