New Zealanders
Kiwis join the ranks of the world’s holiday deprived nations
On April 14, 2009 at 02:00 PM
New Zealanders come second only to the workaholic Japanese in not taking all their annual leave
One third of workers have changed their holiday plans due to the GFC
A global survey conducted by online travel company Expedia® shows New Zealand workers officially joining the ranks of the world’s most holiday deprived nations.
The annual global Expedia Vacation Deprivation® survey, conducted in 11 nations(and this year for the first time in New Zealand)by Expedia, the world’s leading online travel company, found that 45 per cent of New Zealanders leave at least some of their annual leave days untaken, second only to Japan, where 92 per cent of its employed people leave on average almost half of their annual leave days on the table. Read more
