The hotel booking figures remained stable at 84 percent of 2019 levels on August 1st. The bookings are being driven by domestic tourism with 92 percent of hotel bookings currently coming from within the country.
The overall hotel bookings, as a comparison to pre-pandemic times, first surpassed the global average on May 9th, and have since grown to sit at 20 percentage points above the current global average of 64 per cent.
The comparative booking levels are also outperforming those in a number of major European markets, including Portugal (82 percent), France (70 percent), Germany (71 percent), the Netherlands (67 percent) and Malta (74 percent).
The vast majority of booking over the past two weeks are due to arrive at hotels either this August (62 percent) or September (19 percent), showing the extent of the local pent-up demand that has been created from tightened travel restrictions this past year.
The coastal destinations in the United Kingdom have performed especially strongly this year, with hotel bookings in Brighton, for example, currently at 108 per cent of 2019 levels – having surpassed pre-pandemic volumes on June 6th.
Edinburgh is another standout destination, sitting at 112 percent of 2019 bookings, while Bristol stands at 98 percent by the same measure.
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