Brits flocking to two holiday hotspots are taking advantage as travel firms report surge in bookings
manchestereveningnews.co.ukHolidaymakers from the UK are flocking to Turkey and Egypt to take advantage of favourable currency exchange rates, according to a travel company.
The number of bookings for the two destinations have more than doubled from 2019, before the coronavirus pandemic, according to On The Beach.
The travel company partly attributed this to the fall in the value of the Turkish lira and Egyptian pound against sterling over that period.
The number of lira that can be bought for a UK pound has quadrupled from around eight in 2019 to 34 currently. Holidaymakers visiting Egypt are receiving approximately twice as much local currency for sterling than they were before the pandemic. Join our WhatsAp p Top Stories and Breaking News group by clicking this link. On The Beach said a sharp rise in flight capacity has also driven the rise in demand for holidays in Turkey.
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