Despite the Balearic Islands being downgraded to amber in yesterday’s traffic light update, Spain remains the most popular summer 2021 destination for Brits.
The latest booking figures from leading independent travel company, Travel Counsellors, show that 31% of all new holiday bookings made were for Spanish destinations. Summer bookings to Spain have progressively increased over the last few weeks, boosted by the addition of the Balearics to the government’s green watchlist on 24 June.
Travel Counsellors has also seen a rising interest in Greece and expects this to continue. Some 20% of all new summer 2021 bookings made last week (w/c 5 July) were for Greek destinations, increasingly significantly over the last few weeks. Barbados, the UAE and USA are leading the bookings for winter 2021/22; while USA, Spain and the UK are the most popular destinations for summer 2022, according to last week’s new booking figures.
Kirsten Hughes, UK Managing Director at Travel Counsellors, says: “Despite the Balearics being moved off the green travel list, we have experienced a considerable increase in summer bookings to two of Brits’ favourite destinations: Spain and Greece. The upsurge was clearly apparent after last week’s announcement of the removal of quarantine requirements for fully vaccinated travellers.
“We expect other popular destinations, such as Croatia, now moved to the green list, to follow the booking trend we have seen with Spain and Greece, as Britons seem more confidence than ever in booking late summer holidays this year.” Travel Counsellors has almost 1,500 experts across the UK who offer support, local expertise and reassurance from ‘inspiration to destination’.
For more inspiration on the next destination, you can take a look at Travel Counsellors postcard film, written and performed by the poet, Tony Walsh.
