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14% -- click through rate decline for Google Ads travel vertical (2025)
Search click-through rate for the travel vertical on Google Ads declined by 14% year-over-year.
- US-market averages from WordStream benchmarks
- Individual travel sub-verticals may differ
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2025
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B
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75
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60
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20
Independence
30
Methodology
45
Freshness
95
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WordStream
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https://atlasperk.com/guides/paid-advertising-for-travel/ad-creative/ ↗
Source Article
Ad Creative for Travel: RSAs, Reels & Compliance
Ad Creative for Travel: RSAs, Reels & Ad Copy
Market Verdict: Ad Creative & Copy for Travel Ads in 2026
Ad creative for travel sits inside the highest-CTR vertical in Google Ads — search CTR for travel is 8.73%, but it dropped 14% year-over-year as fatigue and AI Overviews dilute attention. Creative…
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WordStream
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Year-over-year decline attributed to creative fatigue and AI Overviews
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Google Ads travel vertical: 14% click through rate decline. Source: WordStream (2025). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/travel-search-ctr-decline-yoy
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<blockquote cite="https://lighthousedata.io/data/travel-search-ctr-decline-yoy" style="border-left:3px solid #2563eb;padding:12px 16px;margin:16px 0;font-family:system-ui,sans-serif;background:#f0f4ff;"><strong>14%</strong> -- click through rate decline for Google Ads travel vertical<br><small>Source: WordStream (2025) · <a href="https://lighthousedata.io/data/travel-search-ctr-decline-yoy" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Lighthouse Intelligence</a></small></blockquote>
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