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- European holidaymakers’ favourite holiday destinations in Winter 2019/20
- The Canary Islands is the most favourite holiday region for TUI-guests in the winter season
- Strong comeback of Egypt continues
Hanover,
29 November 2019
Off to the sunshine and opting to repeat holidays
The Canaries, Thailand and Egypt: this Winter, European holidaymakers prefer to repeat holidays, opting to return to a previous destination. This is a finding of the TUI Holiday Atlas Winter 2019/20, featuring European holidaymakers’ favourite destinations in the current winter season. Gran Canaria ranks first as the number one travel destination, with Tenerife and Lanzarote ranking among the top five, alongside Phuket in Thailand and Hurghada in Egypt. TUI customers thus prefer returning to the same destinations as in the previous 2018/19 winter season.
Around 27 million guests travel to more than 100 destinations with TUI each year. The TUI Holiday Atlas also provides an overview of country-specific preferences. Fuerteventura remains the top destination among German holidaymakers, followed by Hurghada in Egypt, Las Palmas, Tenerife, and Phuket in Thailand. By contrast, French holidaymakers have chosen Punta Cana in the Dominican Republic as their top destination this time. British, Irish and Belgian holidaymakers continue to prefer visiting Tenerife. And as in prior years, Gran Canaria remains the favourite travel destination among Finnish, Danish, Norwegian and Swedish holidaymakers, while Polish travellers are most likely to travel to Antalya in Turkey. However, the top five destinations of Polish holidaymakers now also include the Egyptian beach resorts Hurghada and Marsa Alam as well as Punta Cana in the Dominican Republic. Austrian and Swiss holidaymakers also like travelling to more remote destinations. Austrian holidaymakers’ top destination for a sun and beach holiday is the Maldives, while Swiss customers prefer Phuket. Dutch travellers are also keen to go on a long-haul trip – their absolute dream destination during the cold season is Curaçao, a Lesser Antilles island.
The latest TUI Holiday Atlas shows that the Canaries remain the number one travel destination among TUI customers this Winter. Egypt has confirmed the comeback it made in last year’s Winter season: nearly all Europeans clearly favour sunshine destinations, the only exception being Dutch, Austrian and German holidaymakers who are also likely to visit Austria as a Winter hideaway.
About TUI Group
The TUI Group is one of the world's leading tourism groups and operates worldwide. The Group is headquartered in Germany. TUI shares are listed in the MDAX index of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange and in the regulated market of the Lower Saxony Stock Exchange in Hanover. TUI Group offers its 19 million customers integrated services from a single source and forms the entire tourism value chain under one roof. The Group owns over 400 hotels and resorts with premium brands such as RIU, TUI Blue and Robinson and 17 cruise ships, ranging from the MS Europa and MS Europa 2 in the luxury class and expedition ships in the HANSEATIC class to the Mein Schiff fleet of TUI Cruises and cruise ships operated by Marella Cruises in the UK. The Group also includes Europe's leading tour operator brands and online marketing platforms, for example for hotel-only or flight-only offers, five airlines with more than 130 modern medium- and long-haul aircraft and around 1,200 travel agencies. In addition to expanding its core business with hotels and cruises via successful joint ventures and activities in vacation destinations, TUI is increasingly focusing on the expansion of digital platforms. The Group is transforming itself into a global tourism platform company.
Global responsibility for sustainable economic, environmental and social action is at the heart of our corporate culture. With projects in 25 countries, the TUI Care Foundation initiated by TUI focuses on the positive effects of tourism, on education and training and on strengthening environmental and social standards. In this way, it supports the development of vacation destinations. The globally active TUI Care Foundation initiates projects that create new opportunities for the next generation.
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