Mayan Prophecy Drives Surge in One-way Flight Searches

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Mayan Prophecy Drives Surge in One-way Flight Searches

PR Newswire EDINBURGH, Scotland, December 11, 2012

EDINBURGH, Scotland,December 11, 2012/PRNewswire/ --

st 41% increase to South of France and 30% increase in one-way searches toTurkey ahead of 21December 2012*

Believersinthesupernaturalareflockingtotwosmallvillages-BugarachintheSouthofFranceandŞirincein Turkey - as the end of the Mayan Calendar nears, reveals leading travel search siteSkyscanner.

st Dedicated followers believe the end of the world is nigh as the Mayan Calendar comes to an end on 21December 2012, with some expecting the remote farming village of Bugarach to offer an escape. The plan: to catch a connecting flight of an altogether different kind, where in-flight re-runs of the film Alien are replaced with a much more realistic encounter.

st Incredibly, searches for flights to the south ofFranceare up 41% in the week before 21 December compared. And, with a 42% increase in searches from the UK alone, that's a good few British believers!

But France is not the only place to see a surge in visitors. Şirince, a village in theTurkishIzmir Province, is seeing one-way flight searches up 30%.

nd However, clearly not everyone believes that the end really is nigh. Across Europe, 22 December looks set to be the busiest getaway day of the entire year, with Skyscanner seeing its highest volume of searches as families head home or get away for a break at Christmas.

Skyscanner's Victoria Bailie commented: "We were surprised to see how big an increase there has been in st searches for flights to the South of France and to Izmir in Turkey leading up to the 21 December: the date of the Mayan Prophecy. Although the fact that we've seen the highest number of flight searches all year for flights on the following day suggests that not everyone is convinced the end of the world really is nigh."

For true Mayan Prophecy believers, one-way tickets to Perpignan, an hour's drive from Bugarach, in the week st leading up to 21 December currently start at £483, leaving from Manchester. Alternatively, one-way flights to Izmir, an hour's drive away from Şirince, currently cost £283 from London Stansted.**

th th th *Searches for 14-20 December compared with 7 -13 December

th **Flight price correct as at 5 December, searched onSkyscannertravelling withAir FranceandPegasus.

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