Study: Thais top phone addicts when travelling

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Study: Thais top phone addicts when travelling

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A new Hotels.com study shows that travellers spend more time staring at their smartphone screens than enjoying the sun or the sights.

The study, based on 9,200 respondents in 31 countries, reveals that Thais are the most addicted to social media while travelling or on holiday.

Thais spend an average of two hours a day relaxing in the sun, compared with almost four hours staring at their mobile devices.

That is the longest amount of time of the top nine countries in the poll commissioned by Hotels.com in May.

Trailing behind was India at 3.3 hours, Malaysia at 3.2 and China at 3.1.

Remarkably, some 10% of travellers around the world will spend more than seven hours a day with their smartphone in their hands.

Source: http://www.bangkokpost.com/business/tou ... travellers
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Re: Study: Thais top phone addicts when travelling

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In another related article this week it was saying that some 25% of British people log onto their work emails whilst on holiday!
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