Alicante is the most searched for destination in Spain by British holidaymakers

Talk of the tourism sector as an area in full crisis due to the pandemic has long ceased. The sector has not only recovered but is reaching figures higher than those of 2019, the reference year before the pandemic. This August, Europeans are more eager than ever to travel than ever before and enjoy a well-deserved holiday.

Flight and hotel search engine jetcost.es has released data regarding travel searches, which shows that searches for August are already 37% higher than those of the same month of 2019, and 14% higher than those of August last year.

In addition, users are spending 62% more time looking for different solutions, budgets, and alternative dates, to find the offer that best suits their pockets and needs.

A large percentage, who have decided to travel this summer, will do so to Spain for our great climate with the sun and the beach as the main protagonists. Our rich culture, customs, and popular festivals, in addition to our delicious gastronomy, good hotels, and infrastructures, and of course cheaper prices than other countries, has made Spain the most searched country on Jetcost to spend the August holidays ahead of Italy and Portugal.

Jetcost.es regularly analyses the searches carried out through its website so that very reliable data is obtained, as they are real searches and not surveys.

The data that analyses the results of flight searches during the month of August 2023 indicate that a large majority have opted for the Valencia region, and within it, Alicante is the city most requested by British travellers, the second by the Dutch, the fourth by the French, the fifth by the Germans and Portuguese, and the tenth by Italians.

In addition to Alicante, Valencia is also one of the most sought after cities, it is the seventh option for Italians, the eighth for Germans, French, and Dutch, the ninth for the British, and the twelfth for the Portuguese.

Most searched destinations:
Germans: Palma de Mallorca, Barcelona, ​​Malaga, Tenerife, Alicante, Ibiza, Gerona, Valencia, Madrid, and Fuerteventura, are among the most sought after destinations, in order, by tourists of this nationality.

British: Alicante, Malaga, Barcelona, ​​Tenerife, Palma Mallorca, Lanzarote, Murcia, Ibiza, Valencia, and Madrid, are among the most sought after destinations, in order, by tourists of this nationality.

French: Barcelona, ​​Palma Mallorca, Malaga, Alicante, Tenerife, Madrid, Ibiza, Valencia, Gran Canaria, and Seville, are among the most sought after destinations, in order, by tourists of this nationality.

Italians: Tenerife, Ibiza, Barcelona, ​​Palma Mallorca, Fuerteventura, Gran Canaria, Valencia, Málaga, Menorca, and Alicante, are among the most sought after destinations, in order, by tourists of this nationality.

Dutch: Málaga, Alicante, Barcelona, ​​Gerona, Palma Mallorca, Tenerife, Ibiza, Valencia, Gran Canaria, and Madrid, are among the most sought after destinations, in order, by tourists of this nationality.

Portuguese: Palma Mallorca, Barcelona, ​​Madrid, Ibiza, Alicante, Menorca, Tenerife, Gran Canaria, Malaga, and Seville, are among the most sought after destinations, in order, by tourists of this nationality.