All travelers have noticed: traveling far is more and more expensive.
Weekly tours, self-drive tours, cruises, stays… Since the start of the pandemic in 2020, organized stays offered by tour operators to distant destinations have increased significantly: 7% on average at Kuoni, between 10% and 15 % at Maisons du Voyage, up to 28% at Nomade Aventure.
“
Ten years ago, spending a fairly upscale fortnight
in Costa Rica
cost 3,500 to 4,000 euros.
Today it is more around 6000 euros
, ”
we observe at Wild Areas.
Such examples are legion among all the tour operators who point the finger at the barrel of kerosene.
"For about a year, air prices have been skyrocketing, especially for international flights: between 20% and 30%
,"
said Jean-Emmanuel Chometon, managing director of Maisons du Voyage (owned by the Figaro group).
However,
"
the air weighs between 40% and 50% of the price of a trip",
he recalls.
Gasoline…
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