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UK travellers flocking to the US
The US reopen its borders Monday to fully vaccinated international travellers.
To mark the long-awaited restart of inbound tourism Travelport released data highlighting the UK.’s keen excitement to get back across the pond.
UK leading the way
It finds travellers from the UK are most keen to visit. In the 24 hours that followed the reopening announcement, US-bound flights originating from the UK were searched more than US-bound flights from all other European countries, combined.
Flight bookings followed a similar trend, with the UK booking more US-bound flights than Germany, Italy, Spain, France, the Netherlands, Ireland, Switzerland and Denmark combined.
After President Biden’s second announcement on 15 October when even more countries were added to the approved list, the UK stayed on top as the number one country searching and booking flights to the US, resulting in a 108% increase in bookings from the week prior to the first announcement.
Relative to the announcements, the UK has recovered 68% of its outbound international travel, a higher percentage than countries such as France and Germany.
Numbers continue increasing daily and are at their highest rate since the pandemic began.
Brits want to travel now
In the 24 hours following the first announcement, U.K. travellers searched more than 1.4 million flights from London to New York, making it the most popular US-bound route searched.
The most popular departure date for US-bound travel was 8 November – the first day restrictions lifted, meaning Brits are keen to go stateside as soon as possible.
Additionally US-bound flight bookings for Thanksgiving weekend increased by 1,600%.
Solo travellers and couples were the most ready to get away, with an increase in flight bookings of 279% and 231%, respectively, following the second updated announcement.
Chasing the Sun
While NYC remains a favourite, Orlando became the top choice for Brits for forward bookings with August 2022 as the most popular month for travel to Florida. Following behind Orlando and New York was third-ranked Miami then Las Vegas, and Los Angeles fifth for Brits.
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