【国际MVNO快讯】56%出境游客选择使用运营商的SIM卡，旅行额外支付费用高达150英镑

56%出境游客选择使用运营商的SIM卡，旅行额外支付费用高达150英镑

 

根据WorldSIM最新调查显示，出境游客中，31%选择不使用自己的手机设备，40%选择继续使用他们国内运营商的SIM卡，15%选择使用国际漫游SIM卡保持手机畅通。

 

调查表明，超过56%的出境用户习惯性在出游时使用原有的SIM卡，他们表示，每次旅游漫游时的额外成本在￡80 / $120 -￡150 / $ 225 /，这是一笔昂贵的额外费用。

 

出境游客中超过一半的人使用网络发消息并认为这是最佳方式，仅有3%的旅行者使用本地电话。

 

调查清晰的显示，使用多种多样的方式在旅行中保持联系变得越来越流行，被调查的人中54%在境外行中使用过SIM卡。83%的人听说过WiFi设备，66%的人知道便携式Wi-Fi。

 

出境时携带一个与手机配套的时尚电子设备已司空见惯。在出境游客中，68%携带相机，62.9%携带平板，但是令人惊讶的是在出境游时携带智能手表的人数达到7.8%。

 

总计5174人参与调查。

 

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.