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Families have turned to Easter staycations amid chaotic scenes of cancelled flights and long queues at major airports, travel experts have said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Budget holiday operators said they are seeing strong demand as families decide to stay at home rather than brave disruption to journey plans abroad.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Haven, which has 41 holiday parks in the UK, is already more than 90 per cent booked for Easter, with nearly half of its 2.5million visitors booking for the first time this year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Meanwhile Parkdean Resorts, which has 66 parks, has needed to hire 7,000 seasonal workers to keep up with high levels of demand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The managing director of Haven Simon Palenthorpe told BBC Radio 4 on Monday: \u201cI think it has made people think a bit more about holidaying at home. More generally things are looking pretty positive for our industry at the moment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThis Easter for example, Haven – which is actually the UK\u2019s largest domestic holiday business – is over 90 per cent booked, and more generally this year we\u2019re going to be welcoming 2.5million holidaymakers to our 41 parks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAnd we\u2019re seeing more newcomers to Haven, which is I think pretty interesting, more newcomers than ever.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Parkdean chief executive Steve Richards said his company planned on investing \u00a3140m in its accommodation and facilities in the wake of the boom.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThis investment is great news for our customers, staff and the local economies in which we operate,\u201d he told The Daily Mail.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201c2021 was a huge year for staycations, and our teams will continue to go above and beyond to deliver phenomenal service for our guests, making sure that 2022 is even better.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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It comes as tourists faced a \u2018manic Monday\u2019 of flight cancellations, scuppering Easter plans for many ahead of the bank holiday weekend.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

British Airways axed at least 64 European and domestic flights from Heathrow on Monday to destinations such as Berlin, Dublin, Geneva, Paris, and Stockholm. Domestic flights were also affected.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The airline has been forced to trim its schedules until the end of May while it is hiring extra staff to cope with the surge in demand from passengers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Meanwhile, budget carrier EasyJet cancelled at least 25 flights to or from Gatwick.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It affected routes to Amsterdam, Copenhagen, Glasgow and Milan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

By Josh Salisbury<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Source: Evening Standard<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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