March 2024: German travel agencies sell fewer cruises

In March 2024, German travel agencies were able to generate less sales than in the same month last year. According to statistics from the provider Tats, the agencies are 1,5 percent below the volume in March 2023.

Although tourism sales increased by 14 percent, both city trips and cruises are weakening. In the area of ​​flight tickets there was even a minus of eight percent. Cruise sales fell by eleven percent. Nevertheless, the bottom line in the tourism sector is that the total order backlog is eleven percent higher than in the same month last year.