Vacation Planning Index (UPI)

Travel behavior

Own funds project

23.06.2026

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Project description

What will short-term vacation demand among Germans look like over the next three months? In collaboration with the German Tourism Association (DTV), this research project is examining how the vacation travel intentions of the German-speaking resident population are likely to evolve.

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Fall 2026 Vacation Planning Index: Fewer Germans Are Planning a Fall Trip Than a Year Ago

24.09.2026

55 percent have vacation plans – Sunday store openings are slightly more important on vacation than at home Germans are planning fewer vacation trips for this fall than they did a year ago. The Vacation Planning Index (UPI) for the months of Septembe...

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Summer 2026 Vacation Planning Index: 62 percent of Germans are planning a summer vacation

24.06.2026

With the Vacation Planning Index (UPI), the German Institute for Tourism Research (FH Westküste University of Applied Sciences) and the Deutscher Tourismusverband (DTV) are presenting, for the first time, an indicator of Germans’ short-term vacation ...