Pixabay Social media These are Europe's most popular beaches on Instagram Online tour operator Weloveholidays has researched which are Europe's most popular beaches based on Instagram data. The company has compiled a list of ...more by Cüneyt Yilmaz – Friday, June 02, 2023
Thinkstock TUI evaluation These are the top European destinations for best agers In TUI's Best-Ager-City-Index, a Spanish city takes the top spot across Europe. In Germany, five cities are particularly best-ager-friendly. ...more by Cüneyt Yilmaz – Friday, June 02, 2023
TDA TDA Analysis April Summer 2023 tops pre-Covid-19 levels for first time With the booking month of April, summer bookings have climbed above 2019 levels for the first time. However, this is only in terms of sales: the industry is still 24% short of holiday guests compared to the pre-Covid-19 season. ...more by Christiane von Pilar And Holger Jacobs – Wednesday, May 31, 2023
Imago/Michael Gstettenbauer GfK Consumer Survey Consumer sentiment improves only marginally Market researcher GfK forecasts minus 24.2 points for the German consumer climate in June, 1.6 points more than in May this year. Before the Corona pandemic, the consumer climate had remained comparatively constant at around plus 10 points. ...more by Holger Jacobs – Tuesday, May 30, 2023
Pixabay Ifo Business Climate Index This is the current mood in the German travel industry Corona pessimism in the travel industry has completely evaporated in May. This is according to data from the Ifo Institute, exclusively available to fvw|TravelTalk. ...more by Cüneyt Yilmaz And Holger Jacobs – Wednesday, May 24, 2023
ARTN Photography Meaningful Tourism Index 2023 These are the most sustainable destinations Scandinavian countries take top spots in this year's Meaningful Tourism Index for sustainability. But number one is an island destination in the Caribbean. ...more by Cüneyt Yilmaz – Monday, May 22, 2023
FVW Medien Tourism sales climate May Flight of fancy in travel sales is over In May, demand expectations and sales in the German travel trade are slightly down on the previous month. However, this slight decline is basically seasonal, especially since the expected saturation has occurred after the first three boom months of the current year. This is shown by the latest sales climate index by Dr. Fried & Partner. ...more by Cüneyt Yilmaz – Tuesday, May 16, 2023
Imago/HEN-FOTO Thanks to Easter holidaymakers Frankfurt Airport continues to grow Passenger traffic at Frankfurt Airport recovered a little further from the Corona crisis thanks to the Easter travel wave in April: Airport operator Fraport counted around 4.8 million passengers at Germany's largest aviation hub. ...more by dpa – Monday, May 15, 2023
TATS figures for April Sales leapfrog pre-Corona levels again Easter business has pushed the sales balance in German travel agencies significantly upward. According to TATS Travel Agency Mirror, they actually drove in just over two percent more in April than in pre-Corona 2019, with cruises and air travel primarily responsible. ...more by Christiane von Pilar – Thursday, May 11, 2023
TDA TDA Analysis March Tourism year revenues are down only 4% on 2019 Good news from travel agencies and online portals in Germany: Last year's sales decline continues to melt away. And another piece of good news: according to TDA, sales growth for summer 2023 is higher than the price increase. Particularly strong: Easter and Whitsun. ...more by Christiane von Pilar – Friday, April 28, 2023
Pixabay Urlaubsguru evaluation Germans let summer holidays cost more Germans are spending an average of 23% more on their holidays between June and August this year in popular destinations than in the same period last year. This is reported by the online travel portal Urlaubsguru on the basis of booking data. ...more by Cüneyt Yilmaz And Holger Jacobs – Friday, April 21, 2023
Turespaña European Travel Commission survey Europeans book early and travel off-peak More Europeans are booking summer holidays well in advance this year to reduce the impact of rising prices and are increasingly travelling at off-peak times to avoid overcrowded destinations, according to a new European Travel Commission (ETC) survey. ...more by Paul Needham – Thursday, April 20, 2023
Pixabay Customer Insights 2023 More than half of Germans book holidays online 56.6% of German holidaymakers will book exclusively online in 2023. This is the result of the Centouris study "Customer Insights 2023" on booking trends. What travellers expect from travel agencies in the future. ...more by Robin Raksch And Holger Jacobs – Wednesday, April 19, 2023
fvw Medien Tourism sales climate April German travel agencies return to the ground April has seen disillusionment at Germany's travel agency counters. Sales and demand expectations have dropped. After the highs of the past months, however, this is no surprise. ...more by Christiane von Pilar And Holger Jacobs – Tuesday, April 18, 2023
E. Uelitz Summer flight schedule launched Berlin Airport remains far below pre-crisis level In the current summer flight schedule, 140 destinations can already be reached from Berlin Airport (BER). But the traffic figures for air traffic to and from Berlin are anything but exhilarating. ...more by Lutz Schmidt – Thursday, April 13, 2023
Thinkstock Hometogo evaluation These are the German summer travel trends 2023 The holiday home portal Hometogo has published the results of its study Summer Travel Trends 2023. This also reveals which sources of inspiration influence holidaymakers. ...more by Cüneyt Yilmaz And Holger Jacobs – Tuesday, April 11, 2023
TATS TATS figures for March Positive trend in German travel agencies continues Invoiced turnover of travel agencies in Germany participating in the Tats-Reisebüro-Spiegel rose by 53.7% in March compared to the same month last year. ...more by Cüneyt Yilmaz And Holger Jacobs – Thursday, April 06, 2023
Fraport Eurocontrol evaluation Number of domestic flights in Germany declines sharply The number of domestic flights in German airspace fell more sharply than anywhere else in the EU last year. This is the result of a recent analysis by the air traffic control authority Eurocontrol. ...more by dpa – Monday, April 03, 2023
FVW Medien/HMJ Ranking through artificial intelligence The ideal travel destinations according to Chat GPT The free AI programme Chat GPT has been on the market since November 2022 and is causing a lot of discussion. Artificial intelligence does a good job of texting, but can the tool also determine the ideal travel destination? Fit Reisen has dared the experiment. ...more by Holger Jacobs – Friday, March 31, 2023
TDA TDA Analysis February Summer bookings still well below pre-crisis level Travel sales for the tourism year 2022/23 continue to rise and are approaching pre-Corona levels. But this is due to higher prices. Almost a third of the holidaymakers from 2019 are still missing, as TDA's analysis from February shows. ...more by Christiane von Pilar And Holger Jacobs – Friday, March 31, 2023
