Europeâs summer abroad cancelled as staycation bookings soar
Padraic Halpin, Sarah Young and Simon Johnson
Feb 17, 2021 â 3.30pm
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Up until late January, Terry OâToole was fielding a trickle of inquiries from Irish holidaymakers happy to settle for another summer at home in one of the cottages he manages in the scenic west coast region of Connemara, Ireland.
But when a government minister said on radio that it was very unlikely Irish people will be able to go on foreign holidays this summer, âthe trickle became a torrentâ.
No place like home: Connemara, County Galway.Â
Tourism Ireland
From Connemara cottages to Berlin houseboats, Swedenâs ski slopes to British activity parks, holiday accommodation is being snapped up by cautious domestic tourists already resigned to another staycation summer, amid fears of foreign travel bans and quarantines.
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