Australian travellers are staying closer to home this summer as the cost-of-living crisis bites and geopolitical uncertainty keeps flyers on their toes.

Travel agency Webjet Group has highlighted Bali, followed by Auckland, New Zealand, Tokyo, Japan and Manila as the top summer destinations for Australians, with Los Angeles and London the only two destinations beyond Australia’s region.

Webjet chief executive Katrina Barry said Australians were locking in “just-outside-the-border destinations” for summer to cope with “continued cost of living impact in Australia and New Zealand, and very high domestic flight prices in both countries”.

The average discounted Melbourne-Gold Coast return ticket is $407 in December, according to data from the Bureau of Infrastructure and Transport Resea

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