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Possible resumption of travel for TUI on May 17 – Optimistic messages for this summer

And officially TUI “holds” as the date for a possible resumption of its travels on May 17 from Britain, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland and Ireland, according to a letter sent to partners on Friday, April 16, by the largest travel group in the world.

The letter mentions all the markets and their planning in view of the new tourist season, after the previous letter of March 24 published by MONEY & TOURISM with the current data, of TUI for the opening of the 2021 season.

At the same time, the head of TUI, Fritz Joussen, speaking to the BBC, expressed his optimism for the upcoming tourist season. While at the same time, the travel industry in England is asking for a reduction in the cost of Covid testing. He even stressed that successful vaccination programs will help recover travel and reiterated that the group has for the summer with already 2.8 million bookings.

The markets

Specifically, the last update sent last Friday, includes the following purchases:

– United Kingdom and Ireland
– Germany
– Netherlands
– Belgium
– Sweden
– Norway
– Denmark
– Finland
– Austria
– Switzerland
– Poland and
– France.

More specifically, in Germany, flights and vacation packages continue to Mallorca, Canary Islands, Turkey (Antalya), UAE (Dubai), Dominican Republic and Maldives, Mexico was added and Cuba was removed.

There is a significant development in the Netherlands, where the cancellation period is set until 12 May.

The markets of Austria, Switzerland and Poland are already flying to several destinations.

Source: money-tourism.gr
Photo source: el.wikipeda.gr

About Liz Osborn

Liz Osborn's first experience of the island was as a holiday rep in 1992. She fell in love with everything Zakynthian and has been here since then. Liz became a Greek citizen in 2003 and has been active in tourism and the Greek life over the years. Liz's support of the island saw her joining the Zakynthos Informer team in 2020

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