4 2025 Tourism Trends, Many Antimainstream Destinations Are Popular

Antimainstream tourist destination (Freepik/wirestock)

JAKARTA - The trend of tourism continues to change and shift. The 2025 tourist trend tends to make tourists choose to travel with a memorable, meaningful, and quality. The 2025 tourist trend finds uniqueness, natural beauty, and experiences that can reduce stress.

The website for booking airplane tickets and transportation such as Omio, Expedia, and Vrbo has observed changes in tourist behavior. Here are 4 2025 tourist trends, as reported by VOI from the Euro News page on Thursday, October 31, 2024.

According to the transportation ordering site Omio, the number of male solo tourists has increased. This is a trend that contradicts previous data, at which time a solo woman's journey occurred. Omio sees solo travel as providing many benefits, including finding identity, independence, to a strong mentality.

The surge in male solo travelers is 30 percent male. Meanwhile, 23 percent of women plan solo travel in 2025. In addition to planning their own adventures, male solo travelers are willing to spend more. An average of 28 percent of male solo travelers plan to spend more than 2,400 euros or Rp40.8 million.

The Expedia site has different ideas. They concluded travelers would not make mediocre trips. They will seek new experiences by exploring interesting alternative tourist destinations.

Expedia discovered an increase in destination searches close to popular places. This makes it a suitable choice for a day or a few days. For example, Girona as an alternative to Barcelona. Then, Reims from Paris and Brescia from Milan.

The ordering site, Hotels.com has seen a different trend. Apart from rooms, travelers will get a delicious and delicious hotel food experience. Traveling with a limited budget is no longer the main choice for tourists. They prefer to make food reservations when making bookings.

Restaurants with Michelin-star chefs and trending food menus have caught the attention of tourists. In addition, positive reviews of hotel, chef and bar restaurants have increased rapidly. This indicates that this is a popular choice among hotel guests who like uniqueness.

Next is the opposite of the word FOMO (fear of missing out), namely the journey of JOMO (joy of missing out). JOMO is a positive habit that can be done to avoid the negative impact of FOMO. According to Vrbo, in 2025 many tourists will do their best for holidays.

They vacation to escape the hustle and bustle of everyday life and stay in a comfortable place or lodging near the beach to increase relaxation and reconnection.

The best way to feel JOMO's journey is to stay in a remote lakeside hut or an inn near a charming beach. Anxiety has receded and is suitable as an example to escape the daily routine.