Spain Was The Top Summer Holiday Destination For Britons In The 2022 Season

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European destinations continued to be popular summer holiday destinations for UK travellers, according to new figures from the UK Civil Aviation Authority . Between July and September, more than 13 million passengers traveled to Spain, representing 86% of the pre-pandemic total. Greece and Italy were also popular destinations, with 4.6 million and 4.1 million passengers traveling to the country in July, August and September respectively. Greece surpassed its 2019 performance (114% of 2019), while Italy recorded 83% of tourist visits compared to pre-pandemic levels. Newly released UK CAA figures also show that more than 73 million passengers flew in and out of the UK between July and September this year, a 19% drop compared to before the COVID-19 pandemic.Passenger volumes in July and August were both at 81% of 2019 and September at 83%, suggesting that consumer confidence in air travel continues to grow.

Further figures from the Lebanon Phone Number List UK Civil Aviation Authority show an improvement in the number of flight cancellations made on the day of departure itself, from 5,500 to 1,500 in Q3 2022.On the following day, the General Secretary of Tourism Policy and Development, Mrs. Olympia Anastasopoulou at the Nautemboriki newspaper event in the context of the World Travel Market (WTM) International Exhibition, in London, where she addressed the General Secretary of the Hellenic Tourism Organization (EOT), Mr. Dimitris Fragakis and the Regional Governor of Attica, Giorgos Patoulis .Specifically, the General Secretary of Tourism Policy and Development, among other things, pointed out that " tourism, the dynamic recovery of which this year, may move to levels higher than those of 2019, creates expectations for higher growth than expected.




These estimates are embraced by large foreign houses such as HSBC and Bank of America, with the former upgrading its forecast for Greek growth this year to 6.5% from 4% previously and the latter equally speaking of a significant positive effect . In addition, Olympia Anastasopoulou emphasized that "the imprint of the need for a new model of sustainable tourism, which will follow the principles set by the World Tourism Organization, ``travel, enjoy, respect'' but also support that will be based on and support people at the same time, it is here to stay", while he underlined that "sustainable tourism is not only a necessity for the planet and our country, it is also a basic condition, in order to benefit from the funds of the European Recovery and Resilience Fund.