vision Wondering which destinations to watch next year? Katie McGonagle rounds up our pick of the best
DESTINATIONS WHERE TO GO IN 2020 | TRENDS
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t’s been a tricky year for travel as lack of consumer confidence, climate-change
controversy, bags of Brexit drama and a snap election have all taken a toll on your customers’ desire to book a break away. That pent-up demand has to go
somewhere though, so a forward- thinking agent would be wise to have a few options up their sleeve for clients who decide they’ve delayed long enough and finally want to get away.
With that in mind, here’s our pick of some of the hottest destinations for 2020.
JAPAN The buzz around the Rugby World Cup and Abta’s Travel Convention put Japan in the spotlight this year, but it was no flash in the pan. Next summer’s Tokyo Olympics, a new Finnair flight to ski hub Sapporo and a host of hotel openings will keep the momentum going well into 2020. Matt Spiller, agent sales manager for InsideJapan Tours, says: “The Rugby World Cup was a successful time for InsideJapan and for trade sales, with about 40% of the bookings coming from agents old and new.”
DUBAI While other emirates have made great strides in gaining recognition, Dubai is still the mainstay of tourism to the UAE – and never more than next year, when Expo 2020 comes to town. The six-month world’s fair kicks off in October, celebrating arts, culture and innovation across 192 country pavilions, more than 200 restaurants and 60 live shows each day, offering repeat visitors a good excuse to go back.
EGYPT When the Foreign Office reversed its ban on flights to Sharm el-Sheikh in October, rekindling sales of a much-loved winter-sun spot, it topped off a great year for Egyptian tourism. The Nile is back in vogue as the darling of the river-cruise world, with ship refurbs including the Sanctuary Nile Adventurer, plus plans for new vessels from Viking and Uniworld next year, and AmaWaterways in 2021. Abercrombie & Kent cites the much-delayed opening of the Grand Egyptian Museum in Cairo and new film of Death on the Nile as other reasons for that interest to be sustained next year.
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