'Massive' holiday bookings reported as vaccinated Brits keen to get back to Spain
Thursday, February 25, 2021 @ 2:23 PM
BRITS are desperate to get to Spain after a whole year of being unable to take their sunshine summer breaks – and with the vaccine roll-out in the UK making progress, bookings have started to soar, according to tourism associations in the Mediterranean country.
Palma de Mallorca beach, as it looked before the pandemic curtailed the summer tourism industry
Palma de Mallorca, Málaga and Alicante airports have seen a spike in reservations, according to low-cost carrier easyJet, which is also noticing a rise in its package holidays to these areas being snapped up.
In fact, since prime minister Boris Johnson announced on Monday that the UK would start an 'irreversible' staged release from its third lockdown – which began just after Christmas – bookings for holidays shot up by 630%, says easyJet, and flights by 337%.
Spain has captured the bulk of these reservations, although the airports in Faro, southern Portugal and the Greek island of Crete have also proven to be among the most popular.
The most-booked month so far is August, followed almost equally by July and September.
CEO of easyJet Johan Lundgren says the airline is offering flexible tickets and free cancellation and rebooking, to give customers the confidence to take the plunge.
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