Spain is the number one destination for UK holidaymakers desperate to return to their favourite resorts.
A study by budget airline easyJet found two thirds of Britons favoured a sunny beach break holiday in 2022 and planned to spend more on getting away following Covid curbs on travel.
Spain proved to be the number one destination with 43 per cent of those polled looking to go back to a much-loved location.
The results from the survey of 2,000 holidaymakers comes following the UK Government confirming the removal of costly pre-departure testing for those returning to the UK and the return to one lateral flow test on arrival.
The airline saw a huge boost in UK bookings with flights to Spanish destinations Tenerife, Alicante, Malaga and Lanzarote proved to be most in demand. Bookings to Lanzarote increased by 427 per cent in the first week following the change in travel rules.
The airline recently put over 1.1 million additional seats on sale from its largest airport London Gatwick for summer 2022.
Even more seats are now available next summer to destinations including Alicante, Malaga, Nice, Bordeaux, Corfu, Venice, Milan, Funchal, Faro and Dubrovnik and well as Glasgow, Edinburgh and Jersey.
As London Gatwick’s largest airline, easyJet will operate 79 aircraft from the airport.
Sophie Dekkers, chief commercial officer at easyJet, said: “We know that there is pent up demand with many desperate to get away this year, which we continue to see each time restrictions are removed.
"This survey further underlines the fact that people want make up for lost time as soon as they can and so we welcome the government’s decision to remove the unnecessary and costly pre-departure testing for travellers, now only requiring one lateral flow test on arrival."
She added: "This will make travel much simpler and easier and means our customers can book with confidence and are hopeful that completely restriction free travel will return soon. We are excited about our plans for next summer, which should see us return to 2019 levels of capacity and beyond.”
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