The messages which came out of the World Travel Market in London appear to have been spot on with Britons still very much in love with the Balearics.
Hotel bookings have grown by 31.8% in the Balearics in the last week - from 6 to 13 November - and are 61.8% above last year’s figures for the same dates, according to figures from the TravelgateX platform released today.
Moreover, compared to the same period in 2021, this year hotel bookings in the Balearics are up 122.77%.
On the other hand, the Balearics account for 6% of bookings in Spain.
In the country, 46.37% of bookings are for stays of two to five nights, and 47.2% correspond to travellers as a couple. On the other hand, 15.11% of bookings are made between 31 and 60 days in advance.
The domestic market is the main market, with 63.8% of bookings, followed by the United Kingdom (12.2%) and Germany (2.8%).
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Zoltan TeglasIt's a common deflection tactic known as "projection". Trump uses it all the time. It often works, particularly on the gullible. Unfortunately, in this case, it's pretty obvious where the wishful British exodus narratives were coming from, and who constantly mused the sheer ridiculousness of it (and even in the unlikely event that Brits quit coming, it would be hardly noticeable anyway).
Zoltan TeglasFor heavens sake, I’m not talking about since the pandemic, which was 2 years ago, I’m talking about NOW, October, November and December 2023
Richard PearsonNo it wasn't MW it was numerous stories and columns in this paper. And no, the hotels haven't reduced prices, they've increased a lot since the pandemic.
Zoltan TeglasUm, I think you will find that that was your mate MW. And where does the article mention prices ? For all you and I know, they may have been reduced to keep filling up the beds. You know, like Easyjet and Ryanair tend to do when things slacken off.
Well that's strange as the MDB has been telling us for the last 2 years that the increase in prices will scare off the British, that they'll all go to Turkey and that the Mallorcan economy will nosedive. So you got it wrong?