Reservations soar in September after the covid traffic light was removed
Last Monday the British government announced the cessation of the covid traffic light, no more colors that restrict travel and that undoubtedly had a very negative role for the recovery of Spanish tourism, with the British community being one of its main source markets . As reported by the digital newspaper Hosteltur, the system of red, amber and green traffic lights changes to a single red list of countries and simplified travel measures for arrivals from the rest of the non-red world, with total flexibility for those fully vaccinated, for whom An antigen test will only be required on the second day of arrival.
After the announcement of these measures, the country’s tourism industry has already seen how reservations are taking off. “There has been a fantastic consumer reaction, with immediate and massive demand for vacations in the coming weeks,” said Steve Heapy, CEO of Jet2 and Jet2Holidays.
As the TUI tour operator has indicated, the demand for these coming weeks will rise exponentially, and although the measure has certainly arrived a bit late, after the summer holidays, it is a relief that future trips will not have to be subjected to different restrictions that many times they end up generating cancellations from travelers.
With this measure, the UK demand for trips to Spain increases notably, especially to the Canary Islands, a favorite destination for the British. The demand for travel to Greece also remains high. Similarly, from the tour operator there has been “an increase in reservations” for Turkey for next month. Let us remember that Turkey was one of the countries that were on the red list, with this new measure Jet2 will resume flights and vacations to Antalya and Dalaman from September 23.
But according to Jet what are the favorite destinations for this coming summer?
Mallorca, Antalya, Tenerife and Sharm el Sheikh are listed as the most popular destinations.
For its part, the online travel agency Skyscanner has reported that 300 minutes after Shapps’ announcement, the company recorded a 133% rise in online bookings, especially to Turkey.
Meanwhile, Thomas Cook tourism company CEO Alan French told the media that travel bookings for the UK school holiday week at the end of October are up 200% compared to August, but that he expects that will increase even more in the coming days, Hosteltur reports.
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