Princess Cruises Relaxation Report Reveals Vietnamese Digital Habits are Disrupting Sleep
Princess Cruises’ first global survey on relaxation and sleeping behaviors of people in 12 countries including Vietnam, has found that 60% of Vietnamese check social media before going to bed and this is one of the highest numbers globally, second only to Indonesia (62%). The survey also found that 59% of Vietnamese watch TV before sleeping. Studies have shown that using blue light-emitting devices before bed can prevent people from getting quality sleep.
Millennials in Vietnam (76% of those surveyed) are much more likely to check social media before sleeping. Interestingly, despite the high use of social media in Asian nations, the survey found that only 23% of people in South Korea and 24% in Japan check social media before sleeping.
The 12 countries surveyed in the Princess Cruises Relaxation Report are Vietnam, Singapore, Indonesia, Malaysia, Taiwan, Japan, Hong Kong, China, South Korea, USA, United Kingdom and Australia. Over 1,000 adults of 18 years per country and above participated in the online survey.
Insights from Princess Cruises Relaxation Report (Vietnam)
Early Birds: While Vietnamese are disciplined about their sleep schedule with 83% having a consistent bedtime, the hustle and bustle of city life may still be taking its toll on their wellbeing. Vietnam has the second highest number of ‘early birds’ in the world with about 31% going to bed before 10pm and waking before 6:30am. This is most likely due to avoiding heavy traffic during peak hours while travelling to work.
- About 34% are “regular sleepers,” going to bed at around 10-11pm and waking between 7-8am.
- About 17% are self-professed “insomniacs,” with an erratic sleep schedule or none at all
- 19% are in the “night owl” category, going to bed after midnight
Working for the Weekend: A high number of Vietnamese (95%) take time off work each year just to catch up on sleep. In fact, 63% of Vietnamese take off a full week or more just to rest and 92% of the local people use weekends to make up for sleep they lost during the week. All these three figures are the highest numbers globally. This may mean majority of people go on overdrive during the week and crash over the weekends.
Holiday Neglect: One way that working Vietnamese can relax is to take a holiday. However, the survey found that more than a quarter of Vietnamese (27%) did not take all of their holiday days available to them in the last year with reasons cited as:
- They had too much work to get done (47%)
- They could not find a good time to take off (29%)
- There was a lack of support at work to take time off (35%)
Sleeping Problems on Holiday: Even going on holiday does not guarantee better rest, a very high number of Vietnamese (94%) frequently struggle to get a good night’s sleep while on holiday.
- When travelling across two or more time zones, 76% of Vietnamese typically experience unpleasant side effects including disturbed sleep, such as insomnia or early waking, daytime fatigue and headache, which can all get in the way of enjoying pleasurable activities on holiday.
- On a cruise, the opportunity to enjoy a vast range of activities onboard the ships can help Vietnamese holiday makers relax and unwind.
Sleep-friendly Sensory Experience Onboard Princess Cruises
As one of the world’s largest international premium cruise brand, Princess Cruises, is committed to ensuring its guests come back from holiday feeling refreshed, renewed and rejuvenated. As part of its Come Back New Promise, Princess Cruises partnered with leading experts in both the science and beauty of sleep to develop the Princess Luxury Bed. Awarded the ‘Best Cruise Ships Beds’ by Cruise Critic, the Princess Luxury Bed is the first and only bed in the world developed for a cruise line by a sleep doctor – Dr. Michael Breus, to deliver its guests the ultimate night of sleep at sea.
“Princess Cruises is always innovating to offer a wide variety of new discoveries and relaxing options for our guests who seek unique experiences. The Princess Luxury Bed is one such innovation designed to deliver the best sleep at sea. Our guests in this region will be able to experience the Luxury Bed first-hand onboard Sapphire Princess and Diamond Princess during the upcoming homeporting season in Singapore from November 2018 to March 2019,” said Farriek Tawfik, Director Southeast Asia, Princess Cruises.
By 2019, more than 45,000 Princess Luxury Beds will be fully rolled out to over 22,000 staterooms. The bed features a plush, two-inch thick pillow top, a nine-inch, single-sided medium firm mattress for enhanced support, individually wrapped coils for less partner disturbance, a European-inspired duvet and 100% luxurious Jacquard-woven cotton linens.
To prepare guests for the ultimate night of sleep at sea, Princess Cruises and Dr. Breus also optimised the staterooms for a sleep-friendly sensory experience. Guests in the suite categories are offered a ‘SLEEP by Princess Kit’ which includes additional sleep-inducing items such as eye shades, earplugs, aromatherapy scents, Dr. Breus’ Good Night™ app and more.
Survey Methodology
The Princess Cruises 2018 Sleep Survey was conducted by Wakefield Research (www.wakefieldresearch.com) among 1,000 nationally representative adults ages 18+ in each of the following countries: US, Singapore, Taiwan, Japan, Hong Kong, China, Korea, Indonesia, Malaysia, Vietnam, UK, & Australia, between June 29 and July 9, 2018, using an email invitation and an online survey. Quotas have been set to ensure reliable and accurate representation of the adult population ages 18+ in each country.
Results of any sample are subject to sampling variation. The magnitude of the variation is measurable and is affected by the number of interviews and the level of the percentages expressing the results. For the interviews conducted in this particular study, the chances are 95 in 100 that a survey result does not vary, plus or minus, by more than 0.9 percentage points overall and 3.1 percentage points in each country from the result that would be obtained if interviews had been conducted with all persons in the universe represented by the sample.