KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 12 (Bernama) -- Nearly three in 10 international travellers now use eSIMs, digital SIM cards, as their main way of getting mobile data abroad, up from 17 per cent in 2025, according to a survey by eSIM provider Holafly.
Travellers Turn To eSIMs, AI For Trips - Holafly Survey
Travellers Turn To eSIMs, AI For Trips - Holafly S
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A Holafly survey of 5,220 travellers found that nearly three in 10 now use eSIMs as their primary mobile data source abroad. Additionally, 44 per cent frequently use artificial intelligence to plan their trips, a 13 percentage point increase from the previous year.
- Forty-four per cent of respondents frequently use AI for trip planning, up 13 percentage points from a year earlier.
- Seventy-five per cent expect to take at least two international trips in 2027, up from 67 per cent previously.
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