The availability of internet in hotel rooms is essential for many business travellers and holidaymakers, with the subject of free Wi-Fi hotly debated. Hotel comparison website trivago has ranked the 35 most important countries on trivago according to the percentage of hotels offering internet in their guest rooms. The data is based on over 700,000 hotels listed on trivago and includes internet provided by Wi-Fi or via Ethernet cable.
As can be seen, the UK is in a respectable 10th position on 74.21% – though this nearly 15% behind the leaders USA.
1 USA 89.09%
2 New Zealand 82.28%
3 Romania 78.65%
4 Canada 77.98%
5 Netherlands 77.52%
6 Slovenia 75.53%
7 Serbia 75.46%
8 France 74.28%
9 Ukraine 74.27%
10 United Kingdom 74.21%
11 Norway 72.78%
12 Russia 72.27%
13 Hungary 71.67%
14 Israel 69.48%
15 Czech Republic 68.09%
16 Australia 66.90%
17 Sweden 66.36%
18 Belgium 65.96%
19 Turkey 65.24%
20 Ireland 65.13%
21 Thailand 64.96%
22 Japan 64.43%
23 Denmark 64.01%
24 Croatia 63.01%
25 Poland 61.78%
26 Bulgaria 55.50%
27 Switzerland 54.86%
28 Italy 53.65%
29 Finland 52.95%
30 Cyprus 52.65%
31 Germany 50.76%
32 Greece 49.44%
33 Austria 47.31%
34 Spain 46.54%
35 Portugal 45.21%
Unsurprisingly, the United States ranked highest with 89.09 per cent of hotels offering internet in their guest rooms. This is almost 7 per cent higher than the second contender, New Zealand, at 82.28 per cent. The UK ranked in tenth position, with 74.21 per cent of hotels providing internet in their guest rooms. Above the UK were the Balkan countries of Slovenia (75.53%) and Serbia (75.46%) and nearby Holland (77.52%) and France (74.28%), amongst others.
Ranked surprisingly low was Germany, with just 50.76 per cent of its hotels offering internet in their guest rooms. Also in the bottom few countries were the popular holiday destinations of Greece (49.44%), Spain (46.54%) and Portugal (45.21%).
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