Frequency of business travel showing early signs of growth in the next 12 months
These are the findings from YouGov Siraj's Travel Tracker survey, a research tool which tracks travel trends quarterly. 330 leisure and 255 business travellers from the UAE responded to the survey during January 2010.
The latest survey shows 46% of respondents expect their business travel to increase (15% indicated it will increase a lot), marking a rise by 22 points compared with figures of the same period in 2009 (24%).
A smaller proportion 16% expects their travel to drop over the next 12 months. "It has been a lean year for executives used to travelling for business around the world on company expenses, but business travel looks set to take off again.
As people are feeling more positive about the economy and are increasingly focused on growth, they are now planning to travel on business more," says Jane Wilson, Director, Travel and Tourism Research at YouGovSiraj.

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