Tui Group continues to expect 'strong 2021 holiday season'

Bookings for summer 2022, were also showing a good trend, Tui said, with UK bookings up 109% since the end of March.

Tui has also seen a 56% rise in online bookings in the first half of the year.

Around 70% of respondents to a Tui survey said they had already booked a holiday for this year or wanted to do so.

Chief executive Fritz Joussen said England in particular offers potential “when new travel corridors to southern Europe open there too in the next few weeks”.

European destinations, particularly Greece, Canaries and Balearic Islands, are proving most popular.

Unlike the sentiment of the UK government, the German chancellor and government have said that holidays in Europe will be possible for both vaccinated and unvaccinated people.

“This now gives families security and reliability when booking and supports local tourism and also the countries of Southern Europe,” said Tui.

“We are now at the beginning of the expected restart.”