Monday 10 December 2018

City trips lose momentum while round trips experience a revival

Griechenland Santorini Touristen schauen sich den Sonnenaufgang an (picture-alliance/robertharding/M. Parry)

 For years, city breaks saw the sharpest increase, but in 2018 that changed for the first time. The growth rate was significantly lower than expected. "This could also be an effect of over-tourism, which has recently been ubiquitous in the media and may have discouraged travelers from visiting major cities," explains Rolf Freitag of IPK International. On the one hand, however, beach and bathing vacations benefited from this, overtaking the growth rates of city breaks for the first time in years. On the other hand, the classic round trip is experiencing a comeback with an increase of four percent.     
               

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