And it’s not far from the truth. Data shared exclusively with TTG by the Local Data Company reveals that there was a net change of minus six in terms of the number of travel agency branches opening and closing last year – the lowest figure in the past decade.
In reality, it means the rate at which travel agencies are disappearing from our high streets slowed to near enough a standstill in 2024. The next lowest figure in the past 10 years came in 2016 when the net change was minus 67.
'They're sensing opportunity': how and why travel agents are reclaiming their place on the high street
Analysis
Harry Kemble
26 August 2025
It’s hard not to get excited, but it doesn’t half feel like there’s an awful lot of travel agencies expanding – some would say against the odds – at the moment.
Travel agencies are cementing their place on Britain's high streets (Credit: iStock / John Corry)
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