LONDON, Sept 8 ― European travellers helped plug a gap left by Asian and North American tourists stranded at home by the pandemic, staving off a total washout this year for Europe's hospitality industry.
Fears over suddenly changing Covid travel restrictions and ― for the UK, especially ― the cost of mandatory Covid-19 tests have also driven the disruption to travel patterns this summer. But at the nearby Byron Hotel, co-manager Zimi Mistiopoulos said they only had 10 days of full occupancy. Two years ago, there wasn't a room to be had all season, he said.
The French were Spain's top visitors, with 874,000 vacationing there, ahead of the Germans and the British .Bookings are “running at a fraction of a normal year with the main barriers to travel being concerns about the traffic light system” of colour-coded restrictions and the cost of tests, the British federation of travel agents said.“What stands out this summer is that very few destinations were open,” said Ana Domenech, France director of booking site lastminute.com.
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