News Here you'll find ABTA's press releases, including statements and comments on the latest news and events in travel and tourism.
13 Oct 2026 Press releases Holidays remain popular despite a year of disruptions, but cost of living brings in caution ABTA’s new Holiday Habits 2026-27 Report finds demand for holidays remained resilient despite the impact of conflict in the Middle East, new border processes and climate-related events.
13 Oct 2026 Press releases AI catches up with social media as a source for holiday inspiration, but traditional sources still have the biggest say ABTA’s new Holiday Habits 2026-27 Report released today finds the proportion of people using AI tools as a source for holiday inspiration continues to rise, now at 14%, up from 8% in 2025 and 4% the year before that.
13 Oct 2026 Press releases Set sail, switch off or see the sights: A ‘travel trio’ advance in popularity ABTA’s new Holiday Habits 2026-27 Report, released today, finds small but important changes in consumers’ preferred holiday types, with three in particular coming through.
12 Oct 2026 Press releases Contribution to the UK economy from outbound travel has increased to £57bn per year New research from ABTA shows how the outbound travel industry is already delivering on the government’s plan to see growth and prosperity across the nations and regions of the UK.
05 Oct 2026 Press releases ABTA provides update on Maldives GST Read ABTA's statement on the Maldives GST.
01 Oct 2026 Press releases Helen Tustin joins the ABTA Board of Directors The ABTA Board of Directors has appointed Helen Tustin to the Board with immediate effect.
28 Sep 2026 Press releases ABTA and UKinbound bring travel industry together with Tourism Minister at Labour Party Conference ABTA and UKinbound brought senior representatives from across the travel industry together with politicians at a joint reception at the Labour Party Conference on Sunday, highlighting the economic and employment contribution of international travel to the UK.
24 Sep 2026 Press releases ABTA writes to Maldives President expressing serious concerns over proposed tourism tax ABTA has written to the Maldives President asking for official confirmation that any enforcement of an amendment to the Goods and Services tax will be postponed for at least six months, to allow for a full consultation with the international travel industry.
24 Sep 2026 Press releases International travel increases its contribution to the UK economy – rising to £88.5bn per year New figures from ABTA and UKinbound reveal the combined economic contribution to the UK economy from inbound and outbound travel has increased to £88.5bn per year, up from £80bn.
21 Sep 2026 Press releases ABTA's statement on the latest NATS outage Read ABTA's statement on the latest NATS outage.
10 Sep 2026 Press releases ABTA statement on overnight visitor levy Read ABTA's statement on the overnight visitor levy.
10 Sep 2026 Press releases ABTA submits its representation to the Treasury ahead of the Autumn Budget This week ABTA submitted its representation to HM Treasury ahead of the Autumn Budget, the first since Andy Burnham became Prime Minister.
