London is the top destination for Balearic travellers

Palma.—What are the holidaying habits of people in the Balearics? Skyscanner, the website which compares hotel, flight and car hire prices, has conducted its own survey of trends among Balearic travellers and compared them with 2013.
The report shows that trips are on average of three-days duration, indicating that many holidays are breaks to destinations relatively near, such as in mainland Spain. It also finds that Balearic travellers book their flights on average 48 days in advance, which matches the seven weeks in advance considered optimal by a global study which compared when was the best time to make a flight reservation. As far as favourite destinations are concerned, the Skyscanner survey of flight bookings indicates that London is the preferred choice, followed by Barcelona, Madrid and Valencia, with Manchester in fifth position.
The survey suggests that the cosmopolitan character of the Balearics and an interest in new destinations have led to a growth in travel to major European cities. London, with its magnificent monuments, Manchester, an important artistic centre, and Rome, the “eternal city”, thus feature in the top ten.