Collective Commentary about the New Package Travel Directive

804 COLLECTIVE COMMENTARY ABOUT THE NEW PACKAGE TRAVEL DIRECTIVE France is considered as the 5 th outbound market in the world in terms of outbound tourism expenditures (after China, the USA, Germany and the United Kingdom) 1 . It is also considered as the 5 th market in the world in terms of earnings in 2016 2 . Despite the development of new travel products, French travellers are still keen to discover a new destination through a package travel 3 . In 2015, 26.7% of overall travels consisted of a travel package. The package is preferred to travel abroad: 70.5%. This falls at 29.5% for travels in France. Because of the extensive use of new technologies in the travel sector, it can be noticed that there is also a difference between generations. Travellers who are aged 40 or more prefer travel packages compared to younger travellers. The percentage becomes more significant for travellers who are 65 or more. 1 Source: UNWTO, July 2017. 2 Source: UNWTO, July 2017. 3 Source: DGE, enquête SDT 2015.