{"id":2984,"date":"2019-08-06T16:38:12","date_gmt":"2019-08-06T14:38:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/beta.forwardkeys.com\/feast-of-sacrifice-holiday-boom\/"},"modified":"2024-12-04T12:30:42","modified_gmt":"2024-12-04T11:30:42","slug":"feast-of-sacrifice-holiday-boom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forwardkeys.com\/es\/feast-of-sacrifice-holiday-boom\/","title":{"rendered":"Feast of Sacrifice holiday boom"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Outbound flight bookings are currently 10% ahead of 2018<\/h3>\n

A report from ForwardKeys, which analyses over 17 million flight bookings a day, has revealed that the 2019 Feast of Sacrifice holiday is set to see a boom in outbound travel from the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries. Currently, forward bookings for this year\u2019s holiday period 30th<\/sup>\u00a0July \u2013 12th<\/sup>\u00a0August are 10.0% ahead of last year\u2019s holiday period, 8th<\/sup>\u00a0\u2013 21st<\/sup>\u00a0August.<\/p>\n

\"\"The top ten destinations in order of size are: Turkey, Egypt, India, UK, UAE, Thailand, Germany, Pakistan, France and Lebanon.<\/p>\n

When it comes to destination market growth, the USA heads the list, with bookings for the holiday period this year (30th<\/sup>\u00a0July \u2013 12th<\/sup>\u00a0August) 35.7% ahead of the holiday period last year (8th<\/sup>\u00a0\u2013 25th<\/sup>\u00a0August). It is followed by Indonesia, 32.4% ahead; Lebanon, 29.2% ahead; Spain, 27.5% ahead; Malaysia, 27.4% ahead; Italy, 23.9% ahead; Azerbaijan, 23.5% ahead; Germany, 22.9% ahead; Thailand 21.1% ahead and Jordan 19.8% ahead.<\/p>\n

\"\"As for origin market growth, the UAE heads the list, with outbound bookings for the holiday period this year 19.7% ahead of the holiday period last year. It is followed by Qatar, 14.6% ahead; Kuwait, 13.9% ahead; Bahrain, 4.7% ahead and Saudi Arabia, 4.4% ahead. Outbound bookings from Oman were 7.2% behind.<\/p>\n

One of the factors behind the high growth in bookings from the UAE has been a drive by the UAE government to make international travel easier for its citizens, by striking deals with other countries to relax visa requirements. The policy has clearly paid off, as there has been substantial growth in travel from the UAE to the countries with relaxed entry requirements. These are: Russia, 279.1% ahead; South Africa, 46.3% ahead; China, 26.3% ahead; Pakistan 19.7% ahead and Canada, 14.9% ahead.<\/p>\n

\"\"Luis Millan, Market Research Manager, ForwardKeys, said: \u201cThis is a real good news story. With the exception of Oman, all the major outbound markets are showing healthy growth and the same is true for the destinations. The one exception is India. It has suffered from the collapse of Jet Airways; however, various low-cost carriers have increased their seating capacity to meet the likely additional demand.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Luis Millan<\/strong>
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