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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Business
Joanna Partridge

Iran war and high living costs fuelling last-minute holiday bookings, Tui says

A family watches from the airport terminal window as a TUI plane sits on the tarmac
Tui’s markets and airlines division swung to a €17m loss in its third quarter as it was hit by weaker demand for holidays, high fuel prices and a competitive travel market. Photograph: Mark Waugh/Alamy

Holidaymakers are waiting until the last minute to book their trips because of the continuing uncertainty caused by the war in Iran and the cost of living crisis, according to Tui, Europe’s largest travel company, which said the war had cost it €60m (£51m) so far.

In the weeks after the outbreak of the war at the end of February, Tui recorded a temporary drop-off in customers wanting to travel to Cyprus or Turkey, in what the company called a “volatile market”.

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