This is how the Spanish travel will be this summer: national Islands, short breaks, nature and cheap flights
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13
may
2021
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01:42
This is going to be a half-gas summer and, like the past, walking around the House. 100% of the most demanded destinations for the summer by Spaniards are national, who also prefer to reconnect with family and nature, according to data from recent studies. But beware, long-distance destinations or’ revenge trips ‘ are beginning to gain traction. The good news is that the price of flights has plummeted.
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If it makes you feel dj vu is because the tourism predictions for this summer are very similar to those of last year. A lot. The travels of the Spaniards will return to be in its great majority through the national territory, the own car will again have protagonism, just as the secluded places and nature. As a star destination will triumph the home islands, both Balearic and Canary Islands. Everything, according to the data handled by travel agencies and tourism meters.
A little more than a month from the beginning of the summer season the desire to travel is not lacking, but the confidence of travelers is irremediably linked to the evolution of the rate of vaccination, the relaxation of the mobility restrictions of the different countries and the implementation of the digital green certificate, the passport that will allow to recover international mobility safely within the EU.
In this way, unlike the last summers, in which various European cities were among the favorite places of the Spanish tourist, this season national travelers will stay mostly at home. According to the analysis of eDreams, the online travel agency, at the moment there are only national destinations in the top ten of the preferences of the Travelers consulted.
The trend of previous years is repeated: the Balearic Islands are positioned as the favorite destination, with Menorca, Ibiza and Palma de Mallorca in the pdium of the ranking of the most demanded places, followed by Tenerife and Gran Canaria. In short, “travelers prioritise the nearby getaway compared to long-distance trips, both in the months of July and August (93%) and September and October (87%)”, predicts this study.
Nature to disconnect
It’s data that matches those handled by course. “Already more than 60% of the reserves of the espaoles are to domestic destinations”, being the enclaves of sun and Beach Los reyes del verano. Balearic and Canary Islands also lead the sales of this agency for which the landscapes of nature and diversity of enclaves where to disconnect without crowds have turned these places into the most desired for holidays.
Everything indicates that the local traveler will again save the season. According to The Last tourist Barmetro Braintrust, the Spaniards will conform to the 77% of the total weight of the influx of tourists to our destinations. The consultant predicts that in this new afn for remote and outdoor destinations we will see a rise in small and rural hotels, and that we would prefer to move in our own car. “Travelers prefer nature destinations, whether beach with 55% and / or mountain with 41% compared to urban destinations that remain stagnant below 25%.”
For Jos Manuel Brell, co-director of the barmetro, these data show “the change in trend of traditional and overcrowded destinations towards new more diversified and sustainable destinations, endowed with a natural and cultural wealth that meets the needs of a new postcovid tourist”.
Small cities and cheap flights
In this sense we must highlight the rise of small cities framed within natural spaces, usually interior, which have a wide cultural and heritage offer, as well as good gastronomy and other hooks of active tourism, adventure or health and wellness activities. A good example will be the group of World Heritage Cities.
Another relevant trend is starring flights. According to data from the International Transport Association Areo (AITA), airlines will operate 58% of the flights that did so in the summer season of 2019. While they try to manage the reopening of the Areo space and the different mobility restrictions between passes, what is happening is that the price of plane tickets has fallen by almost half with respect to the prepandmic summer.
EDreams previews that the average price of the flights this summer will be 150 euro, 47% cheaper than in the summer of 2019 (280 euros). “The downward trend will continue in the months of September and October (late summer), in which the expenditure per ticket is located at 155, while in 2020 and 2019 it rises to 181 and 208, respectively,” estimates the agency.
the ‘revenge trips’
And the long distance? At the moment there are no distant destinations among the most desired, but Rumbo figures in 16% of the reservations in Spain of these places, which is a surprise. Other industry experts say they could finally be the winners of the summer. We talk about the USA, where cities like New York it has opened the doors to health tourism by inviting visitors to get vaccinated. Other safe parasols also sound good, such as Maldives. It is one of the bets of Iberia, for example, that it will operate two weekly direct flights during the months of July and August.
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