Australia's most used search engine has revealed the travel queries and secret desires asked by travellers across the Tasman.
Google has revealed that, for the past two decades, Australia's most searched travel destination has been Japan.
Aotearoa comes in as the second most searched, followed by Thailand.
Marking 20 years of Google.com.au this October, the search engine has been looking back at historic trends from the past two decades.
Taking the long view on search data, the report shows prior to the pandemic the Land of the Rising Sun was in the ascendant in holiday searches and with independent bookers from Aus.
In the run up to the Tokyo Olympic Games - between 2017 and 2018 - search interest from Australia rose 324 per cent, bumping nearest neighbours New Zealand into second place.
While during the pandemic Aussies have been looking closer to home in their travel searches, it looks as if international travel is about to take off again.
The recent announcement of Japan's intention to ease Covid-19 related border restrictions this month has rekindled travellers' interest in the country. Since the first announcement in May, interest in the country and related searches for "Japanese travel restrictions" boomed by over 1150 per cent.
Google search data following the pandemic shows another country that has been top of mind for travellers in New Zealand and Australia.
Searches for "Fijian language" and "Fiji travel requirements" have seen an increase over 450 per cent during the past 12 months via the keyboards of Kiwis, and over 4000 per cent for Australians.
