When it comes to most supportive fans of this year’s Eurovision Song Contest, Turkey tops the chart with hotel searches to Vienna increasing 91% on last year. Even without their own act in the contest, Hotels.com has found that Turkish travellers are the biggest fans across Europe.
Norway features in second with a 72% increase in hotel searches as the nation hopes that 'A Monster Like Me' could be this year's winning song. Spain takes third most patriotic, with 58% of additional residents searching for hotels in Vienna compared to last year.
Hotel search increases in the UK were also up by 38% compared with 2014, despite having not won the competition since 1997! 'Electro Velvet' appear to have inspired Brits to make the journey over to the annual singing competition, beating other countries such as Italy (up 25%) and Germany (up 14%).
It was a different story for the host country, as Austria only reported an increase of 3%, showing the 'Conchita effect' may not work two years in a row.
With Australia taking part for the first time ever, fan favourite Guy Sebastian has sparked a 41% increase in searches to Vienna this year. From the announcement in February, Aussies are hoping to see the their contestant take home the trophy this year.
Yvonne Bonanati of the Hotels.com said: "With Turkey rejoining the competition next year we look forward to seeing which fans are most dedicated in 2016."
Top ten hotel search increases to Vienna for this year's Eurovision Song Contest
1
Turkey
91%
2
Norway
72%
3
Spain
58%
4
Switzerland
53%
5
France
47%
6
UK
38%
7
Italy
25%
8=
Germany
14%
8=
Ireland
14%
10
Netherlands
10%
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