
Greece and Spain are the most well-known vacationer destinations for Europeans, according to the TUI Holiday getaway Atlas Summer 2022, for which the most preferred holiday getaway destinations of European TUI visitors are evaluated.
The TUI Team is a British-German leisure, travel, and tourism firm. The group owns the most significant getaway airplane fleet in Europe and has many European tour operators.
According to the survey, the most well-known vacation spot all round is the Greek island of Crete, followed by Mallorca. The prime five places also involve the Canary Islands, Rhodes, and Antalya.
TUI hopes to double the variety of tourists to Greece in 2022
TUI is hoping to double tourism to Greece in the coming yr, CEO Friedrich Joussen introduced all through a virtual assembly with Greek Key Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis in January.
The organization thinks that 3 million visitors will appear to Greece in 2022, which is double the 1.5 million travelers who frequented in 2021.

That figure even exceeds the variety of travelers who visited the nation in advance of the pandemic, in the record 12 months for tourism in 2019.
Greece: Favored tourism vacation spot from France, Nordic international locations
Greece proceeds past year’s potent development and is desired specifically by company from the Nordic international locations and France. In addition to Crete, Rhodes and Kos are in substantial demand, TUI states.
In Spain, the Balearic Islands dominate, particularly Mallorca. Mallorca remains the favourite spot for German visitors, even though Spain in general is selection a person for Belgians. Turkey is creating a distinct comeback, specifically with the British and Dutch but also with German company. The most preferred places are Antalya and the Turkish Riviera.
Region-specific choices for a holiday
Great Britain: British vacationers are heading to the Turkish Riviera this calendar year, specifically to Dalaman, followed by Egypt and Greece. The British are also scheduling very long-haul destinations these types of as Mexico and Florida, Mauritius and the Maldives, which is a robust indication of the gradual comeback of extended-haul holidays.
Germany, Austria, Switzerland: German attendees are heading to the Mediterranean. Mallorca is at this time the major place for German vacationers, followed by Antalya, which is earning a solid comeback.
The island of Crete is the 3rd most well-liked decision for German vacationers. The leading five holiday getaway destinations include two other Greek islands, Rhodes and Kos. Owing to the good pattern in bookings now received for the Easter holiday seasons, TUI is commencing the summer time period in Greece previously than in advance of and is currently departing for Crete, Rhodes and Kos at the commencing of April.
Greece is also significantly well-liked with Austrians. In addition, Austrian TUI friends have also expressed a need to fly to Antalya this year, adopted by Majorca and the Croatian Adriatic coast, which is after once again a single of the five most preferred holiday locations for Austrian vacationers this 12 months.
The leading desired destination for TUI guests from Switzerland is at the moment Greece, specifically the island of Kos, followed by Majorca and Antalya. Bookings of holiday seasons to Turkey and Spain have doubled in contrast to very last yr.
Nordic nations around the world: As in former several years, Greece is the range just one desired destination for Finns, Danes, Norwegians and Swedes. Specially Crete, Rhodes and the island of Samos are in desire among the Northern Europeans, followed by Mallorca and Antalya.
In addition to Greece, Spain and Turkey, Croatia and Cyprus are between the five most popular getaway places this yr. Between Swedish and Finnish TUI guests, Cyprus ranks even 2nd in bookings soon after Greece.
Netherlands: In the Netherlands, Turkey has noticed a significant raise in getaway bookings. The country is typically a quite common holiday getaway vacation spot for Dutch vacationers. In addition to the Turkish Riviera, the Dutch are also traveling to Mallorca, the Greek islands and Portugal this calendar year. The Netherlands Antilles, with the islands of Aruba, Bonaire and Curaçao, are also pretty well known this calendar year.
Belgium: Spain is the most popular trip spot for Belgian TUI friends in the coming summer period. In get to fulfill the rising desire for Spanish places, TUI Belgium has further more amplified flight capability by deploying additional or more substantial plane — primarily to Tenerife, Gran Canaria and the Costa del Sol.
In addition to Spain, Greece is also extremely common as a vacation vacation spot. A quarter of TUI’s Belgian visitors are flying to the Greek islands this yr. Turkey’s comeback is also outstanding, with all over 20 percent far more bookings than at the similar time in the pre-crisis year 2019. The Turkish Riviera shines with higher-excellent all-in resorts and superb worth for money. Tunisia is also back in the checklist of the 5 most well known places for Belgian TUI company.
France: As previous yr, Greece is the major place for French TUI attendees all over again – particularly the Greek Mainland and the island of Crete. French TUI visitors are also attracted to Sicily, the Balearic Islands and the Canary Islands. TUI’s personal club resorts below the Club Marmara and Lookéa models are significantly well-liked with French TUI guests. 9 additional hotels will be added to the 26 club inns worldwide this yr. Bookings in the two French hotel makes are presently 20 for every cent increased than previous yr.
Demand for increased-price holidays
Over-all, TUI states that it has viewed superior demand from customers in all European countries in the latest months and at the exact same time a development in direction of better-value vacations.
It adds that TUI friends are organizing a larger budget for their summer season holidays. At the finish of January, ordinary costs for the summer season had been however up on the previous yr at +22%.
The explanations for this are the merchandise blend as perfectly as the amplified desire for larger-value provides and extra further providers — for example, upgrades in the resort or area classification as perfectly as excursions and actions in the getaway regions.
The development towards small-term bookings proceeds, and TUI expects summer 2022 to be shut to pre-pandemic amounts.