The top domestic travel destinations for Americans in 2025

The top domestic travel destinations for Americans in 2025

Clifton Mark - January 30th, 2025

Americans like to travel. According to data from YouGov Profiles, three-fifths (61%) of Americans travel for leisure at least once a year, and they’re far more likely to visit destinations in the US than anywhere else in the world.

We recently ran a survey to find out, more specifically, which domestic destinations Americans are considering in the next few years.

New York City, Las Vegas and Hawaii top Americans’ travel lists, with 30% considering a visit in the next 2-3 years for each of those destinations.

Generally speaking, younger Americans consider more destinations. For most locations, Gen Z and Millennials are more likely to consider visiting than Gen X or Baby Boomers. However, there are a few locations that are more appealing to older travelers. For instance, Gen Z are much less likely to consider Nashville (12%) and Key West (13%) than older generations.

Men and women mostly agree on domestic travel destinations, with a couple of exceptions. Women are more likely than men to consider Hawaii (33% vs. 26%) and Nashville (24% vs. 18%), whereas men are more likely to choose Los Angeles (23% vs. 19%) or Seattle (20% vs. 16%).

Republicans and Democrats not likely to meet on holiday

Along with age and gender, political ideology correlates strongly to American travel choices. Democrats are much more likely to visit Californian cities than are Republicans. Nearly a third of Democrats (32%) would consider visiting Los Angeles, compared to 13% of Republicans. A similar pattern obtains with San Francisco (25% of Democrats vs. 13% of Republicans) and San Diego (25% vs.15%).

For their part, Republicans have their own favourites. Those who identify with the GOP are more likely to visit Nashville (28% vs 16%), Charleston (20% vs 15%) and Key West (24% vs. 18%).

Methodology: YouGov polled 1000 US adults online on January 22, 2025. The survey was carried out through YouGov Surveys: Self-serve. Data is weighted by age, gender, race, political affiliation, education level and region. The margin of error is 3% for the overall sample. Learn more about YouGov Surveys: Self-serve.