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UK outbound travel to surpass pre-pandemic levels by 2024

August 18, 2022994 Views

British holiday flyers are set to be back in full swing, with the country’s outbound travel figures reaching 86.9 million by 2024, surpassing the 84.7 million figure recorded in 2019 despite the economic decline in Europe, estimates GlobalData, a leading data and analytics company. According to GlobalData, budget-friendly travel —especially in the country’s favorite holiday destination, Spain—is set to be most popular. FILE PHOTO: Passengers queue to enter airport security ahead of the Easter Bank Holiday weekend, at Terminal 5 of Heathrow Airport, in London, Britain, April 14, 2022. REUTERS/Hannah McKay GlobalData’s latest report, ‘United Kingdom (UK) Source Tourism Insight, 2022 Update’, notes that the recovery in outbound tourism follows a weak 2020 and 2021, where lower trave...

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Britons rush to book trips to Portugal ahead of up-in-the-air summer season

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May 12, 2021754 Views

The mailbox of a well-known hotel in the heart of Lisbon was bombarded with queries as soon as Britain announced it was including the country on its travel “green list” this summer. Manuel Pinto, Mundial Hotel director, is over the moon that British holidaymakers, who are essential to Portugal’s tourism industry, will be able to return after a five-month travel ban, providing a much-needed boost to the struggling sector. A woman takes photos in Cais das Colunas amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic in Lisbon, Portugal, May 11, 2021. REUTERS/Pedro Nunes “I was delighted, not only on a personal level but for our country,” Pinto said, standing in Mundial’s rooftop bar, adding that British visitors had already booked around 4,000 room nights at the hotel this year. Port...