Almost 22% of Spaniards travelling by air within the national territory during the bridges of the Immaculate Conception and the Constitution have chosen as a destination the Canary Islands, according to a study by the vuelosbaratos.es price comparison.
Thus, Tenerife is the most popular island 10,31% of national searches, followed by Gran Canaria (6.17%) and Lanzarote (5.18%), although Madrid (18%) and Barcelona (14.2%) remain the most requested by users national urban destinations.
The study of cheap flights also reveals that a majority of Spaniards (51.3%) who intend to travel by plane choose European cities to enjoy of the bridges in December, while domestic destinations reach 35.3 per cent and extra Community destinations grow regarding previous years up to 13.3%.
Thus, London once again become the favorite destination during these dates, with nearly 10% of the total searches performed, “a trip mainly motivated by the abundant availability of cheap flights from many Spanish airports and the possibility of the Christmas shopping in London stores”, explains the travel portal.
Followed by other European cities such as Paris (5.7%), Roma (4.1%), Amsterdam (3.2%) and Berlin (2.8%). However, this year the percentages are lower due to the greater variety of destinations chosen by Spanish travelers, including cities such as Brussels, Prague, Lisbon, Venice, Munich, Miami, less frequent in previous years Dubai or Cancun.
New York (30%) is again the extra-europeo destination more respondent, leading a classification in which the traditional destinations – Istanbul (8.2%), Marrakech (8%) and Tangier (3.5%)-, win percentage Miami (2.8%), Casablanca (2.6%), Havana (2%), Buenos Aires (2%), Dubai (1.3%) and Cancun (1.3%).
The majority of Spaniards, almost 17%, have opted for travel during the bridge of the Immaculate Conception, i.e., out on Thursday 8 December and returning Sunday 11 December, compared with 12% that will come on Saturday December 3 to return Tuesday day 6.
For days the higher percentage of users, with a 23.2%, he has sought offers to spend three days in the chosen destination. 22% Opts for four-day stay, a 12.3% will enjoy five days and only 9% of Internet users will be lucky enough to cover the two bridges, with nine days of vacation.