Egypt is shortly rising as a extra reasonably priced vacation vacation spot for British travellers, in keeping with the Put up Workplace Vacation Cash Index.
Sterling was up 72 per cent year-on-year towards the Egyptian pound between February final yr and this January, with clients in a position to purchase the equal of £210 extra on a £500 foreign money transaction.
Vacationer numbers have step by step recovered within the area after safety considerations and the pandemic, with arrivals prone to be welcomed in an economic system battling 26 per cent inflation.
“A vacation spot like Sharm el-Sheikh might show cheaper due to the Egyptian pound’s steep fall in worth towards sterling,” stated Ed Dutton, portfolio director on the Put up Workplace. He stated Britons ought to issue within the pound’s falling worth when planning and budgeting for holidays.
The outcomes adopted a yr wherein Britons travelled additional afield, regardless of a dip in sterling towards most main currencies final yr, together with the euro and the greenback, impacting spending energy overseas.
Gross sales of East Caribbean {dollars} and the Mexican peso have continued to make good points towards pre-pandemic ranges, up 137 per cent and 52 per cent since 2019-20. This development has persevered regardless of sterling’s losses towards the 2 currencies final yr.
Demand for New Zealand’s foreign money — gross sales have been up 2,734 per cent final yr — counsel British vacationers have been fast to return to the Pacific nation after it dropped strict quarantine restrictions. Demand for Japanese yen was additionally up considerably by 23,314 per cent after the island nation reopened its borders final October.
Dutton added: “There isn’t a doubting the sturdy urge for food for journeys to New Zealand from UK holidaymakers . . . we noticed a robust enhance in demand final month, making the New Zealand greenback our fourth bestseller behind the euro, US greenback and Australian greenback.”
