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A glimmer of hope for tourism in 2021
February 24, 2021
Cypriot hoteliers were hopeful on Tuesday that tourism would slowly recover this year after tour operators in the UK reported a surge of around 600 per cent in holiday bookings, with Cyprus among the top destinations.
A slew of bookings for the island and other destinations were reported in the wake of UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s road map to exit lockdown and ease coronavirus restrictions on Monday evening.
Reuters reported easyJet saying flight bookings from Britain jumped over 300 per cent and holiday bookings surged by more than 600 per cent week on week after the government indicated that travel could restart from mid-May. Holiday company TUI UK https://www.tui.co.uk said that its bookings surged 500 per cent, while holiday and budget airline group Jet2 said its bookings were up 600 per cent.