Consumer spending with travel agents grew by 7.5% year-on-year in December, up from 7.3% in November, and was matched only by growth in spending on digital content and subscription (also 7.5%).
Agents also enjoyed the largest year-on-year increase in total transactions of any of the sectors monitored by Barclays following a 17.8% year-on-year increase in December. This compares with year-on-year growth in transactions of 15.6% in November.