Spanish Holidays up 27% 2016
The Association of British Travel Agents (ABTA) has released
figures showing that there has been a 27% in the number of British booking summer
holidays in Spain. Many British tourist are turning their backs on the long
haul flight and settling in southern Spain and Costa del Sol .
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The Foreign Office has warned against travelling to places
like Egypt and Tunisia and Turkey has become less desirable due to how close it
is to the Syrian crisis. So now British tourists are deciding to play it safe
and look a little closer to home for their fun in the sun.
The result is that old traditional favourites such as Spain,
Cyprus, Portugal and Malta are seeing increases in bookings. Cities in Spain
are ahead of the curve of course with the amount of people booking holidays
already having the potential to break records.
The ABTA also revealed that the number of people choosing to
travel to Turkey has gone down by a whopping 50%.
Travel Supermarket also released data showing that Spain is
the most searched destination for people in Britain. People from other Northern
European countries looking for some sun are turning away from places like
Turkey, Egypt, and Tunisia. Greece is also becoming steadily less popular and
now the Western Mediterranean is seeing a rise in popularity with flights
through Spanish
airports expected to be at all-time highs.
Tour and flight operators like Thomas Cook have decided to
scale back the amount of flights and package deals they have available for the
troubled regions. They will now focus these efforts on places people are
enjoying the sun and with so many attraction in Southern Spain to choose from
like beach holidays with abundance of water sports
in Spain, with some much on offer should, hopefully, bring the price of a
trip to Spain down.
The Costa del Sol has over 800 kilometres of amazing coast line and some of the nicest beaches in Spain. with an average temperature of over 20C year round, its no wonder why so many tourist flock to Southern Spain and the Costa del Sol.
