{"id":4207,"date":"2018-07-11T16:30:59","date_gmt":"2018-07-11T16:30:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/press.tui.co.uk\/?p=4207"},"modified":"2018-07-31T08:23:18","modified_gmt":"2018-07-31T08:23:18","slug":"turkey-back-map-top-summer-holiday-destination-across-europe-number-three-ranking-tui","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tui.co.uk\/press\/turkey-back-map-top-summer-holiday-destination-across-europe-number-three-ranking-tui\/","title":{"rendered":"TURKEY BACK ON THE MAP AS A TOP SUMMER HOLIDAY DESTINATION ACROSS EUROPE WITH A NUMBER THREE RANKING FROM TUI"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li><em>Turkey makes a strong comeback in 2018 summer travel trends <\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Spain and Greece the most popular holiday countries for Europeans<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Crete, Majorca and Antalya are the top holiday destinations<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>11 July 2018 &#8211;<\/strong>\u00a0Statistics from the World\u2019s number one tour company, TUI, confirms Turkey is well and truly back on the map as a top summer holiday location.\u00a0 \u00a0Featuring in the five most booked TUI destinations by 11 countries, including the UK, the mid-haul hot spot scores an overall European ranking of third behind Med stalwarts Spain and Greece.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Italy is the fourth most popular place to jet away to, followed by Cyprus in fifth place.<\/p>\n<p>As for many other Europeans, Spain tops the holiday charts for the UK with most TUI holiday makers looking to relax on the \u2018Love Island\u2019 of Majorca.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Greece and Cyprus come in at numbers 2 and 3 with Turkey and Mexico in 4<sup>th<\/sup> and 5<sup>th<\/sup> place.<\/p>\n<p>Although there are some strong travel trends across all regions, most notably Spain, Greece and Turkey, there are some distinct preferences too.\u00a0 The French feature Morocco in their top five, the Polish Bulgaria, the Austrians Croatia and the Brits and the Dutch are the only nation to favour long haul destinations to Cancun and Curacao respectively.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The Germans, however, are the only nation whose own country appears in their top five places to holiday this summer.<\/p>\n<p>As well as Cancun and Majorca the UK favours Tenerife, Ibiza and Paphos whilst Antalya is the most popular Turkish location with Crete, Rhodes and Kos top choice for Greece across Europe.<\/p>\n<p>And with the sunny UK weather and England\u2019s World Cup success people looking for a late deal to any European hot spot can take advantage of peak time holidays and off peak prices.<\/p>\n<p><strong>TUI\u2019S TOP DEALS TO THE UK\u2019s TOP FIVE SUMMER 18 HOTSPOTS<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Cancun, Mexico \u2013 Under \u00a31,550<br \/>\n<\/strong><em>TUI offers seven night holidays to the Mexico staying at the <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tui.co.uk\/destinations\/caribbean\/mexico\/mexico-caribbean-coast\/cancun\/hotels\/riu-caribe.html\"><strong><em>4T RIU Caribe<\/em><\/strong><\/a> <em>on an all-inclusive basis from <strong>\u00a31,511 <\/strong>per person. Price is based on two adults sharing and includes flights departing from <strong>London Gatwick <\/strong>airport on <strong>3<sup>rd <\/sup>August 2018 <\/strong>and transfers. <\/em><\/li>\n<li><strong>Majorca, Spain<\/strong><strong> \u2013 Under \u00a3800<br \/>\n<\/strong><em>TUI offers seven night holidays to Spain staying at the <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tui.co.uk\/destinations\/europe\/spain\/majorca\/cala-dor\/hotels\/hotel-rocamarina.html\"><strong><em>4T Hotel Rocamarina <\/em><\/strong><\/a><em>on a half board basis from <strong>\u00a3742 <\/strong>per person. Price is based on two adults sharing and includes flights departing from <strong>London Gatwick <\/strong>airport on <strong>4<sup>th<\/sup> August 2018 <\/strong>and transfers. <\/em><\/li>\n<li><strong>Crete, Greece \u2013 Under \u00a3800<br \/>\n<\/strong><em>TUI offers seven night holidays to Greece staying at the <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tui.co.uk\/destinations\/europe\/greece\/crete\/amoudara\/hotels\/sun-boutique-hotel.html\"><strong><em>3T Sun Boutique Hotel<\/em><\/strong><\/a> <em>on a bed &amp; breakfast basis from <strong>\u00a3782 <\/strong>per person. Price is based on two adults sharing and includes flights departing from <strong>London Gatwick <\/strong>airport on<strong> 2<sup>nd<\/sup> August 2018 <\/strong>and transfers. <\/em><\/li>\n<li><strong>Paphos, Cyprus \u2013 Under \u00a3850<br \/>\n<\/strong><em>TUI offers seven night holidays to Cyprus staying at the <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tui.co.uk\/destinations\/europe\/cyprus\/paphos-region\/paphos\/hotels\/aloe.html\"><strong><em>3T+ Aloe<\/em><\/strong><\/a> <em>on a bed &amp; breakfast basis from <strong>\u00a3808 <\/strong>per person. Price is based on two adults sharing and includes flights departing from <strong>London Stansted <\/strong>airport on<strong> 4<sup>th<\/sup> August 2018 <\/strong>and transfers. <\/em><\/li>\n<li><strong>Antalya, Turkey \u2013 Under \u00a3900<br \/>\n<\/strong><em>TUI offers seven night holidays to Turkey staying at the <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tui.co.uk\/destinations\/europe\/turkey\/turkey-antalya\/alanya\/hotels\/club-aqua-plaza.html\"><strong><em>3T+ Club Aqua Plaza <\/em><\/strong><\/a><em>on an all-inclusive basis from <strong>\u00a3853 <\/strong>per person. Price is based on two adults sharing and includes flights departing from <strong>London Stansted <\/strong>airport on<strong> 3<sup>rd<\/sup> August 2018 <\/strong>and transfers. <\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>To find out more about any of these holidays or to book go to <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tui.co.uk\/?vlid=tuipr3\"><em>tui.co.uk<\/em><\/a><em>, visit your local TUI holiday store or download our app.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Turkey makes a strong comeback in 2018 summer travel trends Spain and Greece the most popular holiday countries for Europeans Crete, Majorca and Antalya are the top holiday destinations &nbsp; 11 July 2018 &#8211;\u00a0Statistics from the World\u2019s number one tour company, TUI, confirms Turkey is well and truly back on the map as a top 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