Table of Contents
Introduction
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- Scope of the report
Data Sources
Overview
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- A brief timeline of the package holiday
- What is a package holiday?
- Competing methodologies of arranging holidays
- Dynamic packaging
- FIT and GIT
Status of the European Package Holiday
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- The European tourism market
- The European market in a global context
- Europe’s tourism economy
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- Figure 1: Travel and tourism indicators for the European Union 2003-08, and forecast to 2018
- Figure 2: Travel and tourism indicators for Central & Eastern Europe 2003-08, and forecast to 2018
- Figure 3: Travel and tourism indicators for other Western European countries 2003-08, and forecast to 2018
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- Figure 4: Travel and tourism indicators for total Europe 2003-08, and forecast to 2018
- European tourism arrivals
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- Figure 5: Europe's international arrivals and tourism receipts, 2001-07
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- Figure 6: Growth in arrivals and bednights per annum by chief issuing markets in Europe, 2007-08
- Figure 7: Growth of total European foreign arrivals and bed nights per annum, 1998-2008
- The European package holiday market
- UK
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- Figure 8: Number of visits to the UK by overseas residents, by area of residence and purpose of visit, 2005-07, Q1-Q3/2008
- Figure 9: Number of visits abroad, by UK residents, by destination and purpose of visit, 2005-07, Q1-Q3/2008
- Spain
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- Figure 10: Inbound arrivals and inter-annual % variation inbound arrivals to Spain, 2001-07
- Figure 11: UK arrivals to Spain, 2000-07
- Figure 12: UK tourists, by form of organisation of trip, 2003-07
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- Figure 13: Tourists from Germany and Nordic countries, by form of organisation of trip, 2003-07
- Figure 14: Non-package arrivals to Spain and year-on-year % variation, 2003-07
- European package tourism destination trends
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- Figure 15: Co-operative Travel’s top destinations for late market, summer 2008
- Figure 16: Popular destinations ranked, by number of UK tourist arrivals, 2005-07, Q1-3/2008
- Interview with Irfan Onal, director, Turkish Culture & Tourism Office, UK
Key Factors Affecting Package Holidays
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- Consumer prioritising of holidays
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- Figure 17: UK spending priorities, 2007
- Figure 18: UK market size trends as indicated, by sales and expenditure for selected activities, 2003-07
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- Figure 19: UK overseas inclusive holidays versus independent holidays by volume, 2003-13
- Consumer protection
- ATOL
- Trust fund system
- Travellers’ choices: Insurance, deposits and credit cards
- Emerging tour operator strategies
- Company mergers
- Reshaping the customers’ face-to-face experience
- The high street travel shop
- Customer representatives
- Reshaping the traditional package holiday
- Medium- and long-haul
- Trend shifts in accommodation and resorts
- Interview with Tim Williamson, customer director, TUI Travel, UK and Ireland
- Low-cost carriers
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- Figure 20: European low-cost carriers, ELFAA members, capacity, destinations and routes, 2005
- Figure 21: Major European low-cost carriers, their capacity, destinations and routes, 2007
- Figure 22: Major European low-cost carriers, ELFAA members, capacity, destinations and routes, 2008
- Second-home ownership
- Financial factors
- Currency exchange rates
- Volatile aviation fuel prices
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- Figure 23: IATA weekly jet fuel price, 25 April 2008
- Figure 24: IATA weekly jet fuel price, 27 February 2009
- The Internet
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- Figure 25: International land and air tourists to Spain according to Internet use in relation to trip, 2006-07
What Next?
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- A stable UK and European package market
- ATOL protection for dynamic packaging
- Convergence of LCC and tour-operator business models
- Holiday strategies during the credit downturn and after
- LCCs reaching out to middle-distance destinations
- Second home ownership post credit crunch
- Short reprieve versus package permanence?
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- Figure 26: A ledger of winners and losers in European package tourism, 2009
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