Tui boss questions why Spanish islands not green; Portugal bookings jump 182%

“There’s a lot of logic that everyone will open eventually. We are talking about travel into countries where the incidence status is very low as well.

“Majorca is on same level as UK so what’s the problem?

“Other countries are booking significantly better now and I hope the UK catches up.”

With 2022 bookings up three times on 2019 for the UK, Joussen was asked whether he expected a “huge boom” for 2022.

“In January, summer 2020 bookings were up 17% in value. I cant see why that shouldn’t be the case in 2022,” he said.

“For us I expect summer 2019 plus consolidation effects.

“I think there’s a good probability that summer 2022 will be better than summer 2019.”

Joussen added that comparably, 2022 prices were slightly below 2019. “On average customers are paying more because they want more, but price per room night is lower than 2019.”

Joussen said also that extending the season was a “viable option because we see a huge demand to the end of the season”.

“That needs to be agreed with destinations – it’s not just what we see with UK.”