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Willing to buy trips
Travel expert Rimvydas Širvinskas-Makalius did not hide that the current interest in travel for Christmas and New Year is really high.
“Today there is more interest in the New Year, but there is also a lot of interest in the Christmas period. People often calculate that in this case they need to take fewer vacation days, there are student vacations.
We have almost full groups for New Years trips to the Maldives. The truth of what will happen with the execution of the trip will depend on the situation. We, as a tour operator, are ready to do those trips, ”he said.
According to R. Širvinskas, it can probably be said that some people were simply tired of the situation caused by the virus, especially if their trip was to take place in the spring, later it was postponed for the autumn, but it has not happened yet.
He mentioned that currently Christmas and New Year clients can choose to meet in Egypt, the Canary Islands and the Maldives, as well as on tourist bus trips to the mountains of Slovakia, Poland, Latvia, Estonia.
Rimvydas Širvinskas-Makalius
“Travelers who travel by bus during the holiday period also buy travel tickets. There really is a lot of interest. True, maybe a little lower than in the usual period, but very rewarding, “he said, adding that travel prices have remained the same this year as last year.
“For holiday periods, hotels, even in difficult situations, do not want to make special offers, because each country has also developed its own local tourism during this period, so they are sure that if they are not foreign tourists, local tourism He will definitely reserve rooms for you. ” – said the businessman.
You will travel to Egypt, United Arab Emirates, Tenerife
Inga Aukštuolytė, Director of Public Relations and Marketing at Tez Tour, also assured that Christmas and the New Year were one of the busiest periods for the travel industry as a whole, and people not only traveled, but bought trips. and gifts for your loved ones. or even a year.
It is true, as they said, how many holidaymakers from Lithuania will celebrate Christmas or New Years abroad this year, it is difficult to say, but there are definitely customers who have already bought them.
“There are travelers who have already bought in advance trips to Egypt, Tenerife or the United Arab Emirates for this Christmas, New Year.
The pandemic has put travelers on hold when it is difficult to predict the future, with trips purchased a few days or weeks before departure. Currently vacation trips are not canceled, but we are closely monitoring the situation around the world. To give vacationers the opportunity to travel more freely in safe directions, we are in constant contact with government organizations, “he said, adding that prices for this year’s vacation period have not changed and remain similar to last year. .
Queries have
Audronė Keinytė, CEO of Novaturas, also named Egypt, Tenerife and the United Arab Emirates as the top addresses for Lithuanian holidays.
“We have requests for New Years trips this year, but requests for ski vacations dominate the most.
Audronė Keinytė
Most incoming travel inquiries are about short-term travel opportunities. People are planning their vacations carefully, dominated by last minute purchases with about a couple of weeks before the departure date, or choosing and buying a vacation in 2021 already. <...>
Evaluating sales during the holiday period (Christmas and New Year – ed.), They do not differ from the general drop in sales, which amounts to more than 75% compared to last year.
In our case, in terms of period activity, travelers are much more active in booking travel during children’s vacations than during vacations, but most of their trips are postponed to next year.
It should be noted that we are tour operators, so unlike travel agencies, we do not operate on individual seats on the plane, but on charter flights. Thus, when evaluating package sales, our total number of orders is greater than that of individual travel agencies, but the percentage drop in our case is much more pronounced, ”said A. Keinytė.
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