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.

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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%).

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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%).

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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.

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