The combination of the lifting of UK travel restrictions, plus workers receiving their first pay packet since Christmas is set to create “soaring” demand for holidays this summer.
The UK’s largest tour operator said Mediterranean destinations and Mexico were proving to the most popular “hot spots” for UK holidaymakers, with sales being driven by offers, plus flexible booking and payment terms, to create a “post payday boom”.
Katie McAlister, chief marketing officer for Tui UK and Ireland, said: “Overseas travel is officially back on the map with renewed confidence releasing pent-up demand for sunshine holidays.