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Tripadvisor Unveils Report on Best Value Host Cities for the ICC Cricket World Cup 2015

Feb 24, 2015 15:07 IST

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Traffic from Pakistan grew the most to Australia (115%) and New Zealand (97%) in 2015
Traffic from India to Australia grew by 38% in 2015 and to New Zealand by 26%
Among the host cities, Napier offers the best value to travellers and Auckland is the most expensive

With cricket fervour on the rise, TripAdvisor®, the world’s largest travel site today revealed a detailed report on cost comparison of all host cities for the ICC Cricket World Cup 2015.

While the first part is the TripIndex Survey, a cost comparison (in INR) of spending a day in each of the fourteen host cities for ICC Cricket World Cup 2015: Christchurch; Hamilton; Adelaide; Nelson; Dunedin; Canberra; Wellington; Brisbane; Sydney; Auckland; Hobart; Napier; Perth. The research analyses the average prices for an individual based on the following items: one ticket for an adult per match, accommodation, food, drinks and transportation.

The second part is the Trend Report which unravels key trends on increase in outbound traffic from cricketing nations – India, Pakistan and United Kingdom; price fluctuation through the entire duration of the tournament for hotels; comparison of hotels vs vacation rentals and lastly, Indian restaurants around all fourteen match venues. All the figures are based on TripAdvisor site data.

TRIPINDEX SURVEY

Looking at the cost comparison in the league matches stage for forthcoming matches:

Overall, Auckland is the most expensive and Napier is the least expensive for travellers
In transport Sydney turns out to be the costliest and Hamilton, cheapest
When it comes to food, Dunedin is the cheapest and Perth, most expensive
Napier is the least expensive city for accommodation and Auckland the costliest

Analysing the costs for cities where the Indian cricket team will be playing its upcoming league matches:

Overall, Hamilton offers most value for Indian fans travelling to watch their team in action and Auckland is the costliest
In terms of food spends also Hamilton is the most pocket friendly however, Perth emerges to be the most expensive
Ticket prices are lowest in Hamilton and highest in Auckland
Hamilton again scores as the most budget friendly city in terms of accommodation whereas Auckland is the most expensive

Check out the full list with the average costs of all items surveyed (prices in Rupees) in each of the host city for forth coming matches.

Among the cities hosting the league matches, we have highlighted most expensive and least expensive in all categories:

	Final Match
	Semi Final Match
	Quarter Final Match
	League Match

	Cheapest
	Most Expensive

26^th Mar	19877	1860	2,156	5230	640		2796	29763
28^thFeb	8565	1322	3,766	2000		705	4,470	15036
04^thMar	9598	1322	3,766	2000		705	4,470	16069
06^thMar	9249	1322	3,766	2000		705	4,470	15720
28^thFeb	15793	1544	2,443	3444		790	3,226	20586
7^th Mar	12590	1544	2,443	3444		790	3,226	17383
14^th Mar	27997	1544	2,443	3444		790	3,226	32790
24^th Mar	16873	1544	2,443	3444		790	3,226	23210
1^st Mar	10323	1732	2,814	2741		522	3,336	15836
12^th Mar	11575	1732	2,814	2741		522	3,336	17088
21^st Mar	24080	1732	2,814	2741		522	3,336	31889
4^th Mar	5842	1202	2,434	2089		558	2,992	10923
8^th Mar	5383	1202	2,434	2089		558	2,992	10464
15^th Mar	5767	1202	2,434	2089		558	2,992	10848
05^th Mar	9,127	1684	2261	1402		675	2,936	13465
07^th Mar	13294	1472	2,096	1555		603	2699	17548
11^th Mar	8159	1472	2,096	1555		603	2699	12413
14^th Mar	11002	1472	2,096	1555		603	2699	15256
09^th Mar	14,545	1416	1,961	2227		541	2,502	18983
15^th Mar	12,527	1416	1,961	2227		541	2,502	16965
20^th Mar	13,582	1416	1,961	2227		541	2,502	19727
10^th Mar	6,300	704	2,347	2150		454	2801	11238
13^th Mar	6313	704	2,347	2150		454	2801	12684

Trend Report

Increase in traffic from the subcontinent: Y-o-Y comparison (Jan to Feb 2014 vs Jan to Feb 2015)

Data shows that traffic from Pakistan to the host countries grew the most followed by India.
Among the host cities traffic from India was the highest to Nelson (122%) followed by Adelaide (98%) and Brisbane (93%). Traffic to Perth was the least with just 6% increase.

Traffic To Australia from:	Increase
India	38%
Pakistan	115%
United Kingdom	15%
Traffic To New Zealand from:	Increase
India	26%
Pakistan	97%
United Kingdom	19%
Traffic to each host city from India	Increase
Adelaide	98%
Auckland	44%
Brisbane	93%
Canberra	16%
Christchurch	22%
Dunedin	9%
Hamilton	61%
Hobart	50%
Melbourne	64%
Napier	54%
Nelson	122%
Perth	6%
Sydney	53%
Wellington	7%

Accommodation

1. Top rated hotels near match venues

For travellers looking at accommodations around match venues within their budget, the below table is a fair indication of the number of hotels situated around the stadiums that they can take a pick from.

Top rated hotels near match venues distributed by price
Price Range	Hotel Count	TripAdvisor Average Bubble Rating
Above INR 20,000	20	4.5
Between INR 15,000 - 20,000	77	4.1
Between INR 12,000 - 15,000	156	3.9
Between INR 8,000 - 12,000	389	3.7
Between INR 5,000 - 8,000	288	3.4
Less than INR 5,000	46	2.9

2. Price comparison (In INR) of hotels for all match dates

The following tables indicate at price fluctuations that we have / will be witnessing during the entire duration of the ICC Cricket World Cup (starting February 14). These refer only to ‘per night’ prices for those hotels classified as 2 star, 3 star, 4 star or 5 star on TripAdvisor.

Adelaide Oval

Match Dates	3 Star	4 Star	5 Star
2/15/2015	8986	16739	19152
3/9/2015	6394	10564	13880
3/15/2015	6449	10436	14114
3/20/2015	7192	11824	15773

Bellerive Oval

Match Dates	3 Star	4 Star	5 Star
3/7/2015	8848	11557	24399
3/11/2015	8620	11533	NA
3/14/2015	9159	11452	NA

Eden Park

Match Dates	2 Star	3 Star	4 Star	5 Star
2/28/2015	6899	6517	10228	21118

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