The desire to travel is encouraging a tourist ‘boom’ for this summer, after two years of pandemic in which travel has been in the background due to the spread of the virus. But, in addition to Covid-19, tourists are already looking to protect themselves when traveling from new threats such as war and inflation. Thus, when choosing a destination, the national tourist prioritizes above all the price, but also safety at the destination, both due to Covid-19 itself and due to the Russian invasion in Ukraine. Something that also happens globally: just before the conflict, new tickets issued for intra-European travel had reached almost 80% of their 2019 levels, but in the two weeks following the start of the outbreak they fell to 65% and 70% %, ensures a report prepared by Rebold.
Beyond the effects that the war may have for the summer, the Spanish will stay en masse in Spain and the beach will be the main attraction for another year, according to this same platform. Andalusia (20%), the Canary Islands (11.61%) and the Valencian Community (10.89%) are the favorites of Spanish travellers, while in inland tourism places such as Madrid (4.21%), Castile and Leon (3.67%) and Aragon (2.41%).
According to the Global Web Index 2021 survey, Spain is the seventh country with the highest percentage of people who choose a domestic destination for their vacations, specifically 29%. This ranking is led by Greece with 35%. In terms of international travel, Spain ranks 14th with 16% of travelers who plan to leave the country during the vacation period. Thousands of national tourists will bet on returning abroad and among the favorite destinations are Italy, France, the USA, Portugal and the United Kingdom.
Another of the effects of inflation, as this newspaper already anticipated, will be the cut in overnight stays by travellers. In the case of Spanish tourists, this will be notable: although the duration of both domestic and international trips is concentrated in seven days, a high number of travelers will opt for 4-day getaways or long weekends.
“And not only that, the cost of these holidays is usually moderate and even the Spanish traveler spends less than the rest of the countries” they clarify from Rebold. The profile of the domestic traveler is identified with people between 35 and 54 years of age of medium-high socioeconomic status and who belong to families with children. The international traveler is usually between 25-54 years old and has a high socioeconomic level, they specify from the platform.
