According to the evaluation report prepared by Obilet.com, the most sought-after routes in 2022 will be "Istanbul - Ankara" for bus journeys, as in previous years, "Istanbul - Izmir" for domestic flights and "Istanbul - Baku" for international flights. ” took place.
On the other hand, there were different developments on the routes, which had increased searches compared to previous years and thus became more popular with passengers. The route with the highest increase in the number of searches on the internet for bus journeys was “Bingöl – Diyarbakır”. In air travel, the highest increases on the basis of calls were observed on the "Van - Trabzon" routes for domestic flights and "Istanbul - Jakarta" for international flights.
“The most tickets were sold during the holidays”
The months with the highest number of tickets sold are June for bus and international air travel, since schools are on summer vacation and coinciding with the eve of the Eid al-Adha; In domestic flights, the month of November, when there is an interim holiday, took the lead. The most sold-out day was May 4 for bus journeys (return of Ramadan Feast), June 15 for domestic flights (the closing week of schools), and September 22 for international flights.
“The most expensive ticket was sold for Istanbul-Birmingham flight”
This year, the most expensive ticket in bus journeys was sold on the "Istanbul - Dortmund" route with 3.240 TL. Among the tickets sold on Obilet, the most expensive one-way/non-stop ticket sold on domestic flights belonged to the "Istanbul - Antalya" flight with 3.652 TL, and the most expensive one-way / non-stop ticket sold on international routes belonged to the "Istanbul - Birmingham" flight with 33.501 TL. .
The cheapest intercity bus ticket sold in 2022 belongs to the "Eskişehir - Kütahya" expedition with 12 TL. On the other hand, although the price increases in air tickets reached 2022% on some routes in 200, passengers who bought tickets for the "Diyarbakir - Trabzon" flight for 105 TL in Turkey and 341 TL for the "Istanbul - Tehran" flight abroad, "2022" He had the chance to have the cheapest flight tickets of Turkey.
“Young people and women have more weight on bus journeys”
According to Obilet's figures, the proportion of young people and women in bus trips is higher than in plane trips. According to Obilet, 37% of bus tickets sold this year were bought by passengers aged 18-24. The weight of the same age group in purchasing airline tickets is 33%. This year, 43% of bus tickets and 37% of plane tickets were bought by women.
“Online sales channels increase their weight in bus ticketing”
2022 was a year in which online channels became prominent in bus ticketing and digitalization gained momentum, not only in our country but all over the world. While online ticket sales platforms in markets such as India, Brazil and Mexico increased their sales, the Turkish travel platform Obilet.com ranked first among the bus ticketing platforms in the world in the number of website visitors.
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