Travel agencies – August trip prices are systematically going up
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Last week, in travel agencies in Poland, the average price for trips with departures between August 1 and 7, 2022, increased by PLN 54. The average price of the event was PLN 533 higher than last year’s.
The price analysis of tourist events prepared by the TravelDATA Tourism Market Research Institute, which collects data from the organized outbound tourism market, covers the first week of August, i.e. 1 & # 8211; August 7, 2022.
The largest increases in average prices in the last week were recorded in Malta – by PLN 297, and on a significantly smaller scale in Hurghada and Marsa Alam – by an average of PLN 178 and 159.
The prices of trips to Portugal fell the most – by an average of PLN 100, and the decrease in prices on the islands of Lanzarote and Corfu was slightly smaller – by PLN 75 and 37.
The average price is much higher than last year’s
The study of the average price of events against the prices of the previous year for departures in the first week of August 2022 showed that the average price was higher than the average price for the previous season by PLN 533. Once again, the prices of trips to Sinai increased the most during the year – by an average of PLN 902, and the price increases in Hurghada and Tenerife were slightly lower – by PLN 846 and PLN 833.
Among the leading destinations, the largest annual increases in travel prices were again in Egypt – by an average of PLN 819, and in the Canary Islands – by PLN 562, and smaller ones in Turkey, Greece and Bulgaria – by PLN 456, PLN 443 and PLN 387
In less frequented destinations, the highest price increases per year were recorded in Albania, Cyprus, mainland Spain and Morocco – by an average of PLN 753, 724, 657, 616 PLN, slightly lower were recorded in Majorca and Italy – by 582 and 536 PLN. The increases in average prices in Portugal, Tunisia and Malta were significantly smaller – by an average of PLN 413, 277 and PLN 191.
TUI the cheapest
In what is more important for tourists, i.e. in the number of the most attractive levels of current trip prices, i.e. in the first or second place in 30 summer destinations in three hotel categories, in the thirteenth comparison concerning the peak of the 2022 summer season, the leader is similar As for most of the previous season, there was a TUI Poland office with 53 offers (previously 50 offers, 48 offers the year before, and 39 offers two years ago). This organizer was ahead of Itaka’s offices with 33 offers (previously 30 offers, 21 offers, and 19 offers two years ago) and Rainbow with 26 offers (previously 30 offers, 33 offers, and 15 offers two years ago).
Cheapest to Egypt with TUI
The most affordable offers in Egyptian destinations were offered by the TUI Poland office – 7 offers, while the Greek destinations were dominated by Itaka and TUI Poland – 8 offers each in front of Rainbow and Coral Travel offices – 7 and 6 offers. In the Canary Islands, the most attractive offers had the TUI Poland office – 11 offers and Itaka and Rainbow offices – 6 and 4 offers, and the Turkish Coral Travel offices – 8 offers and TUI Poland – 6 offers. In Tunisia, the TUI Poland office had the most attractive offers – 5 offers, Coral Travel and Exim Tours – 3 offers each, and in Bulgaria the TUI Poland and Exim Tours offices – 3 and 2 offers. Compared to the previous year, the TUI Poland office has improved its position in Egypt, the Canary Islands and Tunisia, the Itaka office in Egypt, Greece and the Canary Islands, and the Rainbow office in Turkey.