The OCU Warns of the Increase in Tourist Services This Summer

The Organization of Consumers and Users (OCU) has warned of the significant increase in the cost of tourist services during April with Easter, with a special impact on flights, accommodation and holiday packages, highlighting that this trend will return with the arrival of summer.As highlighted in a statement, an analysis of price developments since 2021 demonstrates the existence of a cyclical dynamic in the prices of holiday-related products a…

Representatives of the Austrian tourism industry are optimistic about the upcoming summer. According to the tourism marketing organisation "Österreich Werbung" (ÖW), 22.5 million guests from the ten most important markets plan to spend their holidays here in the summer – or have already booked. In the same study last year, 21 million guests were expected for the summer of 2024. Especially among locals as well as tourists from Germany and the Net…

In the wake of a new summer season, travel agencies are concerned about prices, according to the results of a survey carried out by the Observatorio Nacional del Turismo Emitador (Observatur), made up of leading companies and organizations in the sector. Moreover, eight out of 10 agents consider that the control of tariffs and costs is fundamental to guarantee the future of travel. Faced with a holiday campaign that is assumed to be more expensi…