Hotel-booking site Agoda.com has announced the results of its most recent Travel Smarts study, which shows that Boracay Island in Aklan is the 13th most preferred place for ringing in the New Year.
Topping the list was Bangkok, which got 13.6 percent of the votes, followed by Hong Kong, Bali, Tokyo, and Singapore. It also showed that most people want to celebrate the New Year with loved ones.
The survey, conducted online in November, 2014, asked more than 7,000 Agoda.com travelers to pick where they?d like to celebrate the New Year from among 24 destinations.
? Bangkok ?– 13.60%
? Hong Kong??– 10.77%
? Bali??– 10.62%
? Tokyo??– 9.45%
? Singapore??– 7.97%
? Taipei??– 7.94%
? New York??– 7.26%
? Paris??– 5.35%
? London??– 4.11%
? Sydney??– 3.99%
? Amsterdam??– 2.83%
? Dubai??– 2.56%
? Boracay??– 2.49%
? Las Vegas?– 1.93%
? Barcelona??– 1.63%
? Shanghai??– 1.39%
? Rome??– 1.39%
? Rio de Janeiro??– 1.04%
? Goa??– 0.83%
? Berlin??– 0.79%
? Cape Town??– 0.68%
? Buenos Aires??– 0.48%
? Edinburgh??– 0.48%
? Ibiza??– 0.41%
When asked who they wanted to spend New Year?s Eve with, an impressive 78 percent of the survey respondents chose family or significant other, with only 18 percent choosing friends. Four percent of travelers said they wanted to celebrate alone.
Most travelers also said they preferred low-key celebrations to big parties. Just 27 percent of travelers surveyed said they wanted to ring in the New Year at a massive public event such as Times Square?s ball drop or the Taipei 101 Countdown.
Forty two percent said they?d prefer a private party with friends or loved ones and 24 percent said relaxing and watching the countdown at home.
People who love to travel apparently also love to celebrate. Only 7 percent of respondents said they would be in bed asleep before the clock chimed midnight.
