56%出境游客選擇使用運營商的SIM卡，旅行額外支付費用高達150英鎊

 

根據(jù)WorldSIM最新調(diào)查顯示，出境游客中，31%選擇不使用自己的手機設(shè)備，40%選擇繼續(xù)使用他們國內(nèi)運營商的SIM卡，15%選擇使用國際漫游SIM卡保持手機暢通。

 

調(diào)查表明，超過56%的出境用戶習慣性在出游時使用原有的SIM卡，他們表示，每次旅游漫游時的額外成本在￡80 / $120 -￡150 / $ 225 /，這是一筆昂貴的額外費用。

 

出境游客中超過一半的人使用網(wǎng)絡(luò)發(fā)消息并認為這是最佳方式，僅有3%的旅行者使用本地電話。

 

調(diào)查清晰的顯示，使用多種多樣的方式在旅行中保持聯(lián)系變得越來越流行，被調(diào)查的人中54%在境外行中使用過SIM卡。83%的人聽說過WiFi設(shè)備，66%的人知道便攜式Wi-Fi。

 

出境時攜帶一個與手機配套的時尚電子設(shè)備已司空見慣。在出境游客中，68%攜帶相機，62.9%攜帶平板，但是令人驚訝的是在出境游時攜帶智能手表的人數(shù)達到7.8%。

 

總計5174人參與調(diào)查。

 

Survey Reveals 56% of Travellers that Roam with Their Existing Operators SIM card are paying upto ￡150 extra per trip

 

A recent survey commissioned by WorldSIM has revealed that 31% of travellers still don’t use their phone when they travel abroad. 40% use their existing provider and 15% of people use an international SIM card to stay connected.

 

The survey found that more than half (56%) of people who used their regular SIM card when they travel said that they paid a lot more, too much or excessive amounts while roaming with the extra cost being between ￡80 / $120 – ￡150/$225 per trip.

 

Using the internet and sending text messages accounted for more than half of the preferred ways to stay in contact while travelling internationally, with only 3% of travellers making local calls.

 

It’s clear from the survey that alternative ways of staying connected are becoming increasingly popular with just over 54% of people surveyed had heard of or used a travel sim card.83% of people had heard of a WiFi router and 66% of people being aware of portable Wi-Fi.

 

The most popular gadget beside a phone to take abroad comes at no surprise; a camera 68% or tablet 62.9% but what did come as a surprise was the amount of people travelling with smartwatches at 7.8%.

 

Arif Reza, WorldSIM CEO shared “Although the days of travellers receiving bills in excess of ￡15,000 are nearly behind us, travellers roaming with their existing providers SIM card are still being overcharged. By purchasing an international sim card, a traveller can simply add on a bundle for ￡30 or less that would give them 1GB of data.Buying an international data bundle is the best way of keeping costs under control. Customers wishing to keep their existing SIM provider whilst travelling can still reduce their roaming charges by getting a Global WiFi Pass. It’s a simple APP you can download on any phone that will automatically connect you at no cost to millions of hotspots globally. There is really no need to over pay for roaming anymore.”

 

5174 travellers from around the world responded to the survey.