Late Thailand and Sri Lanka bookings increase

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Luxury holiday company Hayes & Jarvis is reporting an increase of 50 per cent in bookings to long-haul destinations such as Thailand and Sir Lanka – that have experienced recent internal troubles.

The biggest gains they are reporting, however, are due to later bookings, with consumers taking advantage of heavily-discounted travel packages departing within 12 weeks.

Even with the pound dropping by over 23 per cent against the US dollar in the past year, the long-haul specialist maintains that transatlantic bookings are doing extremely well.

Niel Alobaidi, the head of commercial for Hayes & Jarvis, said that the weakness of the forward booking market was a reason for concern, but that there were signs of improvements as the economy shows early signs of recovery, boosting confidence in the holiday market.

Alobaidi noted: “There has been a definite trend towards late bookings this year, with most long haul destinations significantly outperforming their sales for the past couple of years. Kenya stands out as the best seller – bouncing back well from the riots that damaged its tourism prospects in 2008 – but Sri Lanka and Thailand are also selling very strongly with sales up by more than 50 per cent in recent weeks.”

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