2.2 million Brits set to go overseas on bank holiday weekend
ABTA is predicting that 2.2 million Brits will head overseas this bank holiday weekend.
Its members are reporting strong sales, particularly to the Balearic Islands, mainland Spain, Greece and Florida.
Thanks to a more favourable exchange rate, ABTA says Turkey has also seen spectacular growth this summer.
It predicted that hundreds of thousands will fly out from Heathrow, 308,000 from Gatwick, 192,000 from Stansted and 108,000 from Luton.
Regional airports will also be busy with 220,000 departing from Manchester, 58,000 from Bristol Airport, 98,000 will depart from Edinburgh, 77,000 from East Midlands Airport and 13,000 from Southend.
ABTA chief executive Mark Tanzer said: "The August bank holiday is one of the busiest of the year as we near the end of the summer and the school holidays.
“Temperatures around the Mediterranean are no longer at the record-breaking temperatures we saw last month and sunshine is virtually guaranteed. Many people will also be making the most of what the UK has to offer, taking weekends away or longer holidays to our coasts and countryside.”
Bev
Editor in chief Bev Fearis has been a travel journalist for 25 years. She started her career at Travel Weekly, where she became deputy news editor, before joining Business Traveller as deputy editor and launching the magazine’s website. She has also written travel features, news and expert comment for the Guardian, Observer, Times, Telegraph, Boundless and other consumer titles and was named one of the top 50 UK travel journalists by the Press Gazette.
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