Northerners looking to travel more

Co-operative travels believe that there is a huge gulf between the figures that involve holiday bookings. According to the travel firm, there is a huge chasm between the North and the South opening up in the UK. They have reported an steep increase in bookings every year from the Northern side of the United Kingdom.

Based bookings done by over 180,000 people, it was seen that travelers from the North were increasingly seeking warmer winter destinations. Donacaster Airport reported a rise of 46 percent in bookings as compared to last year. Liverpool recorded a 41 percent rise and Leeds airport showed an increase of 28 percent. Even Edinburgh’s airport in Scotland showed a rise of 27 percent.

However, in contrast, the airports in the South showed only a marginal increase in bookings as compared to last year. Rise in passenger traffic was reported in only two of the airports. Luton showed a slight increase of five percent and Heathrow showed a marginally better increase of eleven percent. The stupendous increase in passenger traffic up North is attributed to the fact that Britain faced a rather unusual year in terms of weather. The Northerners, who would face the brunt of a harsher winter, are looking to catch warmer weather before the end of the year.

The forecast for UK this winter is said to be along the lines of an Arctic Winter. The weather forecast, however, may not be accurate after all, considering that autumn this year was predicted to be a ‘Barbeque summer’; all hopes of which were promptly washed away by the worst rains Britain has seen in years.

Bookings made however, stay well clear of the Eurozone. Some of the hot favourite destinations this season were Turkey, Egypt and Tunisia with bookings jumping up to a record 30 percent increase on these destinations.