UK tourists will be forced to 'amend' Menorca, Majorca, Ibiza holidays
UK tourists could be forced to "amend" their Menorca, Majorca and Ibiza holidays going forward - amid fears over rising prices. UK holidaymakers jetting off to the European Union holiday hotspots have been warned over rising prices in Spain.
More people are booking all inclusive holidays as a result, it has been reported. Travel analysts say a trend of buying a ready-made package that began last year has accelerated this summer, the busiest for travel since the Covid pandemic.
"It's something that you think would have died out back in the seventies," Stuart Hatcher, chief economist at aviation data analysis firm IBA, says. "Since COVID, more people are booking package trips," Mr Hatcher went on to advise.
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Spending on package holidays in Europe - most popular among Britons and Germans - is expected to reach $117 billion this year, up 11% from a year ago and will hit a new peak of $125.9 billion next year, according to Euromonitor.
The fixed upfront costs and value for money are appealing, says Caroline Bremner, Euromonitor senior industry manager for travel. "In times of peak inflation, as over the past two years, (packages) enable consumers to budget more efficiently," Bremner said.
UK tourists on average spend about $450 per capita on holidays. Replying to the warning, one local said: "Club Mediterranean had it right. Upmarket all-inclusive with quality food and drink. Everything else, all-inclusive, is a let down with watery cocktails and pork scratchings. All-inclusives attract the type of holiday maker that Mallorca is declaring it doesn't want any more so where's the sense in this report?"
"There's all inclusive (like the Caribbean) and there is Mallorca 3/4 star all inclusive that makes food at a Premier Inn seem like Gordon Ramsay personally made it. If people want that, then they deserve the heart attack coming their way," a second sniped.