Tourist campaign begins to be tarnished by strikes and rise in prices

According to Aena, a total of 24,600 flights are expected to operate between this Friday and Monday; According to the report, 4.5 million trips are expected on the roads. General traffic direction (DGT)Y renfe reinforced its offer with 95,000 places totaling up to one million. this Weekend coincides with Ryanair strikes celebrating this friday and saturday The last two days of the strike—and EasyJet—the first of nine days of strike (1, 2, 3, 15, 16, 17, 29), 30 and 31 of the month—which will affect the first, third, and fifth and last weekend of July—may cause delays and cancellations from many plans.

This Friday, in fact, they were canceled nine EasyJet flights and 54 other flights delayed At bases in El Prat-Barcelona, ​​Palma de Mallorca and Malaga, according to the USO contingent. In the case of Ryanair According to the same association, there were six cancellations (two in Barcelona) and 277 delays, with Palma de Mallorca being the airport most affected. In total, Ireland is in the case of the ‘low-cost’ aggregate Nearly 200 flights have been canceled in Spain since mobilizations beganAccording to USE.

The Spanish Association of Air Transport Users, Entrepreneurs and Professionals (Asetra) from the Government ” regulate by law impossibility call strikes on specified dates”. And they understand from the industry that the strikes and queues seen at airports in recent weeks, “great repercussions” and not just among Spanish passengers. ” british market has been slowed down recently Weeks due to Ryanair and EasyJet stopovers, as well as queues at airports”, lobby recognizes Exceltur’s vice president, José Luis Zoreda.

According to the figures of the analysis company Advanced KeysShared by the government this week, expected this summer Exceeding the number of domestic tourists Y reach almost 90% of the international market Compared to 2019 figures. Assuming the UK market is the most important for Spain one in four tourists who came to this country to support the passage of the British – who then Brexit is non-community tourists and requires going through passport control – allowed since May Access via automatic control ‘ABC’ system as confirmed by sources, in a special order for them at the twelve main airports of the country Ministry of Interior.

high prices

Rising prices affect prices. tourists and Business. to the first because will make them more expensive excursions. Make a deposit of 50 euros, which costs in April 90 euros will now touch 97 euros. And whoever book the tourist package can get a price increase later due to the increase in oil. In addition, hotels begin to raise their prices. According to INE figures, they were on average 25% more expensive in May than in the same month of 2020 and 15% more expensive than in 2019. meal cost.

As reported this Friday by the head of the Spanish Confederation of Hotels and Tourist Accommodation (CEHAT), Jorge MarichalIn the statements made to TVE, it started to be noticed with this increase in inflation. “slightly slowing down” bookings Summer. But at the same time, companies will notice that too. profitability of your business. Secretary General of the Tourism Board, carlos albellaguarantees that if hotels increase their prices by 15%, the costs of these businesses increase between 30% and 35%. “What the industry did was bet on the recovery of demand and it decided. sacrifice margin to save activity and that the market is moving again. They didn’t transfer all of the increase in costs to the final price,” says Albella.