据Visa电子商务追踪调查结果显示，亚太地区有近80％的网民在网上购物，而且在过去的一年中此项平均消费额超过3000美元。该调查涉及香港、新加坡、日本、韩国、澳大利亚及印度等六个国家和地区年龄在18到49岁的网民，他们表示在网上消费最多的是机票、火车票等出行相关的服务。

Nearly 80 percent of Internet users in Asia Pacific shopped online and spent an average of over 3,000 US dollars each in the past 12 months, according to a Visa e-commerce tracking survey released here on Wednesday.

The survey was conducted by Visa in April and May this year with Internet users aged¹ 18 to 49 years from six countries and territories, including Hong Kong, Singapore, Japan, Korea, Australia and India, in a bid to measure their online usage² behaviors.

Respondents said they spent the most on travel services, including airline and rail tickets, hotel accommodation and travel packages, with an average spending of 812 US dollars in the last 12 months.

Other most commonly made online purchases were digital entertainment (59 percent), travel (51 percent) and fashion (49 percent).

The top three draws for shopping online were being able to shop at any time (88 percent), at the best prices (83 percent), and being able to shop easily (82 percent), according to the survey.

In the region, Japanese and South Koreans surveyed emerged³ as the most frequent shoppers, with 99 percent and 93 percent respectively having made an online purchase over the last 12 months.

However, Australians were the biggest online spenders with an average 12-month tab of $4,160, $680 more than Singaporeans, who are the next biggest online spenders.

Visa said, with almost four in five internet users buying online, people in Asia Pacific are taking full advantage of the global shopping experience that the Internet provides.