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Two-Thirds of Germans Plan 2026 Holidays as Travel Spend Forecast to Reach €86 Billion

Cruises, long‑haul travel and eastern Mediterranean beach trips are expected to lead demand, with Turkey topping early summer sales.

Overview

  • FUR’s latest Reiseanalyse finds 59% want to travel in 2026, 69% expect to have the time and 60% expect to have the money.
  • Early summer bookings started sooner than last year, with the eastern Mediterranean showing a 22% revenue rise in the tour-operator market.
  • Turkey accounts for roughly one quarter of summer trips already booked, ahead of other popular choices such as Egypt, Italy, Spain and Tunisia.
  • Luxury interest continues to grow, with 22% of Germans willing to spend heavily on their holidays, according to the survey.
  • Longer trips reached about 69 million in 2025 versus 71 million in 2019, and the representative survey of roughly 2,700 people was presented at CMT Stuttgart.