Greece, Turkey and Egypt are clearly benefiting at present from a trend away from Spain, where German package holiday prices are noticeably higher this year, fvw.com reports in the following article:
Greece continued to grow well last month on top of the previous year’s record season, the Traveltainment figures showed. There was a solid 9% growth in bookings to Heraklion airport reflecting good demand for Crete, a slight 2% rise for Rhodes and strong 25% increase for Kos.
Demand for Majorca decreased again last month with a 15% slump in German package bookings to Palma. The Balearic Island airport had suffered an identical 15% fall in December as well.
On the contrary, German holidaymakers are flocking back to Turkey with soaring sales for Antalya, and are continuing to switch away from high-price Spain, according to package holiday booking figures for January.
Bookings of package holidays with Antalya as the destination airport effectively doubled last month as German consumers regained trust in holidays in Turkey, the latest monthly figures from leading reservations provider Traveltainment recorded.
The 99% rise in January, following high double-digit increases in December (+36%) and November (+49%), left Antalya in the top spot among the ten largest destination airports for German holidaymakers with a 24% share. The January booking figures confirmed recent surveys and comments from tour operators about Turkey’s strong comeback on the German market.
Egypt also performed well again last month with a very high 61% increase in bookings to Hurghada, after similar strong growth figures in December (+55%) and November (+72%). The Red Sea airport had 17% of bookings for the ten largest airports last month.
German bookings for the Canary Islands dropped even more strongly in January, continuing the downward trend of the last few months. The biggest destination, Fuerteventura, again fell by 8%, as in December. Las Palmas dropped by 19% in January following the previous month’s 18% decline. Tenerife (South) saw a 21% slump after a 14% fall in December, while Arrecife was down by 24% following a 21% drop in December.
The Traveltainment figures include package holiday and last-minute bookings through its market-leading travel agency and OTA reservation systems.
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