Ticket's major trend report Ticket Collection shows that the Canary Islands' place as the most popular winter destination is under threat. Another piece of news shows that more than half of Swedish motorists feel unsafe in certain situations. It's time for this week's travel news!
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Air travel continues to decline
In October, 3,531,000 passengers travelled at Swedavia's ten airports, which is a decrease of almost 5 per cent compared to the same month last year. The October statistics showed a continued weaker trend for domestic travel, while international traffic declined to a lesser extent and scheduled European traffic remained largely unchanged.
Winter travel trends according to Ticket
According to Ticket's major trend report Ticket Collection, almost every second Swede (45 per cent) is planning to travel abroad this winter. Thailand is increasing, and is now close to becoming the most popular holiday destination this winter - a position which Spain (with the Canary Islands) for decades. Here are some of the winter trends:
- Most popular destinations: Gran Canaria
- Winter's big winner: Philippines
- Rocket of the winter: Japan
- Winter loser: USA
SJ employees trained with VR
SJ is now using virtual reality (VR) to train its staff. Before the end of the year, more than 2,500 train drivers and train attendants will have used VR to train for various tasks to be performed on the trains. VR stations have been installed in 14 locations where staff can practise procedures and simulate safety processes. The aim is to improve quality, punctuality, safety and service.
6 out of 10 motorists are unsafe in snowy conditions
Difficult road conditions and harsh weather conditions top the list of things that make Swedish motorists feel unsafe in traffic, according to a survey by tyre company Continental. Snowstorms and icy conditions are the most frightening. As many as 57 per cent feel very or fairly unsafe in heavy snow and 56 per cent feel very or fairly unsafe in icy conditions. In addition, 33 per cent feel insecure because of the darkness of the winter season.
TUI launches new hotel brand
TUI is merging several hotel brands, according to a press release. The new brand, TUI Blue, is planned to become the world's largest holiday hotel brand, with over 100 hotels and more than one million guests per year. The merged brands are TUI Sensimar, TUI Family Life and the existing Blue hotels. The new TUI Blue hotels can be booked from 7 November and are available to visit in summer 2020.
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Matts Torebring says:
I can find it exciting and fun to drive in difficult road conditions. This was part of the training for the traffic and bus licence in 1971. With a four-wheel drive car I feel safe in all road conditions.
11 November 2019 - 18:54
BP says:
Just call it the Greta effect when it comes to air travel in Sweden. I don't really understand that Gran Canaria as a winter holiday destination is under threat. The island is close and can be reached in four hours, while Thailand, for example, requires a long travel time if you only have a week's holiday.
Will google which travel rights are included in TUI. Will be interesting to read.
11 November 2019 - 19:54