Defying Convention to Deepen Connections: Booking.com’s 9 2025 travel predictions

Booking.com’s annual Travel Predictions research reveals how Australian travellers are ‘rewriting the playbook’ in 2025 by defying the rules of conventional getaways and as a result, forging new connections with themselves, their loved ones.

To understand how travellers are breaking away from the status quo, Booking.com’s Travel Predictions surveyed more than 27,000 travellers from 33 countries, including over 1,000 from Australia – to present nine travel predictions that foresee 2025 being the year that ushers in new ways of experiencing the world.

Noctourism

Travellers will be focused on building connections with the universe as they ditch the daylight crowds for midnight magic. In 2025, nearly two-thirds (57 per cent) of Australian travellers are considering visiting dark sky destinations with star bathing experiences (65…