The German tourism group TUI is very optimistic about the recovery of tourism in Spain, especially in the Balearic and Canary Islands, where it now flies from more German airports.
"In general, the reservation figures for Spain are very promising at the moment," TUI's Director of Communications for the central region, Aage Dünhaupt, told EFE. "Both the Canary Islands and the Balearic Islands are in high demand."
TUI expects that "the summer season of 2022 will approach the level of the summer of 2019 due to the good demand in combination with the complete lifting of travel restrictions and the trend towards last-minute bookings", according to Dünhaupt, who is also responsible for communication at TUI for airlines, hotels and cruises.
At the moment, at the end of March, tourist bookings to Spain are at 80% of the level of summer 2019. As many bookings are made at the last minute, it is realistic for TUI to think that many holiday destinations and their hotels will be sold out in the high season.
"People want to travel after two years of pandemic," explains Dünhaupt. "Tourism is going to experience a very good summer season in 2022, which will especially benefit the countries of Southern Europe, which were very affected by the travel restrictions due to the pandemic."
He also states that "the trend is upwards for hotels, family businesses and many local partners" who, together with TUI, effectively offer holidays to customers. Dünhaupt also emphasises that "TUI is the strategic partner for holiday countries in Southern Europe and, in this way, also Spain".
In addition, TUI adds that the war in Ukraine has not created general changes in people's travel bookings.
