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UEFA Champions League: FC Barcelona vs. Paris Saint -Germain - The game with the highest travel interest
Find out which games have aroused the greatest travel interest in the UEFA Champions League. A new analysis by the travel expert Expedia Live shows that the quarter-final game between FC Barcelona and Paris Saint-Germain in Barcelona triggered the greatest interest among travelers. You will also learn which cities are the most popular travel destinations for football fans and which game the Dortmund game was with the greatest increase in interests. Find out more on Expedia Live.
UEFA Champions League: FC Barcelona vs. Paris Saint -Germain - The game with the highest travel interest
125 football games contains this year's UEFA Champions League season. A new analysis by Expedia® Live, the UEFA Champions League Official Supplier, shows which games have triggered the greatest travel interest. The encounter between FC Barcelona and Paris Saint-Germain in Barcelona has increased the interest in travel, with an increase in search queries by 360 percent. A total of Dortmund is represented three times in the top 10 games with the greatest travel interest, while Barcelona is only called twice. The game between Borussia Dortmund and Paris Saint-Germain in the group phase led the interest of travelers to Dortmund with an increase of 260 percent. Expedia's data also show that Dortmund and Barcelona were the only cities for which travel seek questions rose at every home game in the current season of the UEFA Champions League.
The accompanying survey of Expedia among German football fans showed that Barcelona, Madrid and London are the three most popular travel destinations among the UEFA Champions League cities of this season. Munich is in sixth place, while Dortmund is still in tenth place in front of Berlin and Leipzig. Dortmund was only 16th with the most popular football travel destinations among the French fans, who made up the largest part of the spectators at the home game of Borussia Dortmund against Paris Saint-Germain. In France, Barcelona and Madrid are most popular, followed by Paris.
The survey also showed that German football fans have already traveled 722 kilometers on average to follow games of their favorite team live. You have already visited six away games abroad on average. The game result is as important for 45 percent of fans as the experiences in the city. Every tenth fan even travels to the cities in which their own team plays without having a ticket. When traveling abroad, the fans spend an average of 547 euros for arrival, accommodation and experiences on site. It is 396 euros on domestic trips.
The Expedia survey data show that 75 percent of German football fans would like to be there at this year's UEFA Champions League final in London. On average, they would be ready to travel 813 kilometers, which would take about eight and a half hours. For the final between Borussia Dortmund and Real Madrid CF in London, Expedia recorded an increase in search queries for Wembley by 60 percent.
Here is a table with the top 10 UEFA Champions League games with the greatest travel interest:
| Square | Game | Venue | Administration of interests |
| ——- | —————————————-
| 1 | FC Barcelona vs. Paris Saint-Germain in Barcelona | Quarter -finals | +360% |
| 2 | Borussia Dortmund vs. Paris Saint-Germain in Dortmund | Group phase | +260% |
| 3 | F.C. Copenhagen vs. Manchester United in Copenhagen | Group phase | +230% |
| 4 | FC Barcelona vs. SSC Napoli in Barcelona | Round of 16 | +225% |
| 5 | Borussia Dortmund vs. PSV Eindhoven in Dortmund | Round of 16 | +210% |
| 6 | Feyenoord vs. Celtic FC in Rotterdam | Group phase | +205% |
| 7 | Real Sociedad de Fútbol vs. Paris Saint-Germain in San Sebastian | Round of 16 | +200% |
| 8 | Borussia Dortmund vs. AC Milan in Dortmund | Group phase | +185% |
| 9 | BSC Young Boys vs. Manchester City in Bern | Group phase | +160% |
| 10 | F.C. Copenhagen vs. FC Bayern Munich in Copenhagen | Group phase | +130% |
According to Michele Rousseau from Expedia, European football fans have shown that Dortmund is worth a visit this season. For the final between Dortmund and Real Madrid, however, the fans travel to London to experience the matchday in the city. According to an Expedia survey by the Tower of London and the Big Ben, top sights include. The fans also want to get to know the food scene of London.
Overall, the analysis of Expedia shows the great travel interest of football fans at the UEFA Champions League games and the most popular travel destinations for German and French fans. The data is based on the search for travel on Expedia and on a survey among German football fans.
Source: expedia.de/ots