Dutch Again Booking Fewer Vacations to Africa, Turkey, and the US
DE MEERN, 22/03/06 - The Dutch have so far booked 5 percent fewer vacations compared with the same year-earlier period, according to figures from travel industry organisation ANVR. Turkey is particularly hard hit in the latest statistics. Bookings to Turkey - last year's winner in the battle for the Dutch vacationer - dropped by no less than 47 percent up to March. "That is surprising," said M. Dresmé of ANVR. "At the beginning of January, there was still the bird flu effect, but that cannot still be the reason now," he wondered. Greece, Portugal and Spain have however achieved growth figures of 23, 16 and 13 percent respectively. "Last year, Turkey overtook Spain in the number of vacationers. But if the trend of the past months continues, Turkey can drop a rank again."
The Americas and Africa, like Turkey, are attracting far fewer Dutch tourists.
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