Around two-thirds of Germans' trips at the start of the autumn school holidays are to beaches and seaside resorts, according to data from lastminute.com. Bookings for the week of 19 to 25 October increased by 9.3% year-on-year, while sun and beach trips grew by 15.8%. Among families, which account for 15.8% of bookings in October, the preference for this type of holiday is even more pronounced: 66.7% choose bathing destinations. Mallorca remains the most popular destination, with 14.1% of bookings, but Sicily (+47.8%) and the Algarve (+36.4%) register the highest growth, followed by Istanbul (+17.4%), Crete (+9.7%), Barcelona (+8.3%) and Cyprus (+3%).
