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Spain set to bounce back in 2021, search figures show

Technology
30 March 2020

Online searches for Europe holidays in early 2021 indicate a post-coronavirus boom is on the cards. 

Pain in Spain

Statistics from Sojern using more than 350 million profiles suggest holidaymakers have not been deterred from travelling in the long term and are thinking ahead to trips in 2021.

It found UK clients are looking at trips to France in January next year 409% more than last year, and for Spain in the same month 1,626% more.

Spain was the most popular destination for British holidaymakers in 2018 according to a report by Finder, which analysed the latest statistics by the Office for National Statistics (ONS).

There is also an upward trend for inbound travel to the UK, with searches from Europe for November this year rising 724% above the year-on-year average.