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Posted by Amanda Kendle Jun 3, 2007 |
Even if you've only been reading this blog a few weeks, you'll know that I'm a massive fan of the whole of Eastern Europe, and I hope some of you have been taking some of my travel tips seriously and checking out this fantastic half-continent.
And now I can see statistical proof that more people do want to get to Eastern Europe. American travel agency chain AAA has just released its figures for bookings for European holidays for the 2007 summer season. Overall, tour bookings for travel to Europe is down 2.4% on the 2006 summer, but bookings for Eastern European destinations have risen 55%! Great news, I think.
In particular, the largest rises in bookings have gone to Romania (700% more than last summer - yes, I didn't make a typo there, 700%!), Slovenia (100%), Hungary (76%) and Croatia (69%). And I'm sure that all these people are going to come back from their holidays and rave to their friends about how many great things there are to see and do in Eastern Europe - and next summer I'll be telling you that bookings have risen again.